forever

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /fəˈɹɛvɚ/ UK /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

Freq #796

Meanings

1

adv
For all future time; permanently.

I will love you forever.
2

adv
For a very long time that seems to have no end.

It took forever to find a parking space.
3

adv
Again and again; constantly.

He is forever complaining about his job.

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Synonyms

1 adv · for all future time;... eternally evermore

More always aye continually endlessly everfiveverforevermore incessantly interminably lastingly

Opposites

moment never nevermore

Word family

Derived forms fiveverforeverhoodforevernesslive-for-everlive-foreverliveforever

Related forms continuously endlessness eternal eternity ever everlasting evermore every everyday never nevermore whatever

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Phrases (1)

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take forever
to need a very long time, often longer than someone wants

Verb + adverb

Proverbs (10)

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Etymology

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.

for ever Middle English

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# forever

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /fəˈɹɛvɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/
**Frequency rank:** 796

## Meanings
1. For all future time; permanently.
2. For a very long time that seems to have no end.
3. Again and again; constantly.

## Examples
- I will love you forever.
- It took forever to find a parking space.
- He is forever complaining about his job.

## Synonyms
- always
- aye
- continually
- endlessly
- eternally
- ever
- evermore
- fivever
- forevermore
- incessantly
- interminably
- lastingly

## Antonyms
- moment
- never
- nevermore

## Derived Forms
- fivever
- foreverhood
- foreverness
- live-for-ever
- live-forever
- liveforever

## Related Forms
- continuously
- endlessness
- eternal
- eternity
- ever
- everlasting
- evermore
- every
- everyday
- never
- nevermore
- whatever

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: for ever

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Forever is a 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. In current use, the main senses are “For all future time; permanently” and “For a very long time that seems to have no end”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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