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forever and a day

for·ev·er and a day
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [fawr-ev-er, fer- and ey dey]
    • /fɔrˈɛv ər, fər- ænd eɪ deɪ/
    • /fərˈevə(r) ənd ə deɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [fawr-ev-er, fer- and ey dey]
    • /fɔrˈɛv ər, fər- ænd eɪ deɪ/

Definitions of forever and a day words

  • adverb forever and a day without ever ending; eternally: to last forever. 1
  • adverb forever and a day continually; incessantly; always: He's forever complaining. 1
  • adverb forever and a day lasting for an endless period of time: the process of finding a forever home for the dog. 1
  • noun forever and a day an endless or seemingly endless period of time: It took them forever to make up their minds. 1
  • idioms forever and a day forever and a day, eternally; always: They pledged to love each other forever and a day. 1
  • adverb forever and a day for all eternity 1

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Origin of forever and a day

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 and a day

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

forever and a day 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".

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Synonyms for forever and a day

noun forever and a day

  • infinity — the quality or state of being infinite.
  • afterlife — The afterlife is a life that some people believe begins when you die, for example a life in heaven or as another person or animal.
  • age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
  • immortality — immortal condition or quality; unending life.
  • future — time that is to be or come hereafter.

adj forever and a day

  • late — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
  • lengthy — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • protracted — to draw out or lengthen, especially in time; extend the duration of; prolong.
  • prolonged — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.

Antonyms for forever and a day

adj forever and a day

  • on time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
  • fleeting — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
  • abbreviated — made into a shorter form
  • abridged — An abridged book or play has been made shorter by removing some parts of it.
  • short — having little length; not long.

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