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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr-ev-er, fer-]
- /fɔrˈɛv ər, fər-/
- /fərˈevə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr-ev-er, fer-]
- /fɔrˈɛv ər, fər-/
Definitions of forever word
- adverb forever without ever ending; eternally: to last forever. 1
- adverb forever continually; incessantly; always: He's forever complaining. 1
- adverb forever lasting for an endless period of time: the process of finding a forever home for the dog. 1
- noun forever an endless or seemingly endless period of time: It took them forever to make up their minds. 1
- idioms forever forever and a day, eternally; always: They pledged to love each other forever and a day. 1
- noun forever For all future time; for always. 1
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Origin of forever
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
First recorded in 1300-50; orig. phrase for ever
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Forever
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
forever popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
forever usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for forever
adv forever
- always — If you always do something, you do it whenever a particular situation occurs. If you always did something, you did it whenever a particular situation occurred.
- permanently — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- perpetually — continuing or enduring forever; everlasting.
- for keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- infinitely — immeasurably great: an infinite capacity for forgiveness.
adjective forever
- vast — of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
- ceaselessly — without stop or pause; unending; incessant.
- timeless — without beginning or end; eternal; everlasting.
- forever and a day — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
- termless — not limited; unconditional.
adverb forever
- persistently — persisting, especially in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc.; persevering: a most annoyingly persistent young man.
- repeatedly — done, made, or said again and again: repeated attempts.
- continually — very often; at regular or frequent intervals; habitually.
- at all times — all the time, constantly
- ever — At any time.
noun forever
- ages — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
- eternity — Infinite or unending time.
- aeons — Plural form of aeon.
- eons — Plural form of eon.
- days — during the day, esp regularly
Antonyms for forever
adv forever
- brief — Something that is brief lasts for only a short time.
- never — not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
- temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
- ceasing — to stop; discontinue: Not all medieval beliefs have ceased to exist.
adverb forever
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- ending — An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
noun forever
- moment — an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
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See also
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