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forever

fo·re·ver

UK/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/ US/fəˈɹɛvɚ/ very common informal

adverb

1.

for a limitless time

  • “no one can live forever”
  • “brightly beams our Father”
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2.

seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly

  • “always looking for faults”
  • “it is always raining”
  • “he is forever cracking jokes”
  • “they are forever arguing”
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3.

for a very long or seemingly endless time

  • “she took forever to write the paper”
  • “we had to wait forever and a day”
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Origin

Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

Phrases

  • best friend forever
  • diamonds are forever
  • forever after
  • forever alone
  • forever and a day
  • forever and ay
  • forever and ever
  • forever and forever

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