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forever

  • adverb
  • /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/

For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

Example

“I shall love you forever.”

Other meanings

  1. Constantly or frequently.

    “You are forever nagging me.”

  2. For a very long time, a seeming eternity.

    “We had to wait forever to get inside.”

Related words

  • best friend forever
  • fivever
  • forever after
  • forever alone
  • forever and a day
  • forever and ay
  • forever and ever
  • forever and forever
  • forever chemical
  • forever home
  • diamonds are forever
  • foreverhood

Example sentences

  • “You're not going to be around forever.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “I hadn't seen my uncle in forever.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Better to know than to wonder forever.”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "for ever".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “forever” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.