forever

See also: for ever

forever - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA: /fəˈɹɛvɚ/, [fəˈɹɛvɚ], [fɚˈɛvɚ], [fɔɹˈɛvɚ]

Adverb

forever (not comparable)

  1. (duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
    • I shall love you forever.
  2. (duration, colloquial, hyperbolic) For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
    • We had to wait forever to get inside.
    • That was forever ago.
  3. (frequency) Constantly or frequently.
    • You are forever nagging me.

Usage notes

  • In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for ever may be used instead of forever for the senses "for all time" and "for a long time". In Canada and the United States, generally only forever is used, regardless of sense.

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Derived terms

Translations

  • Belarusian: цэлую вечнасць (celuju vječnascʹ)
  • Bulgarian: навеки (bg) (naveki)
  • Dutch: een eeuwigheid, eeuwen (nl), tijden (nl) pl
  • Finnish: ikuisuuden (fi)
  • German: ewig (de), für immer (de)
  • Polish: całą wieczność
  • Russian: це́лую ве́чность (céluju véčnostʹ)
  • Swahili: milele (sw)
  • Ukrainian: цілу вічність (cilu vičnistʹ)
  • West Frisian: ivich

Noun

forever (plural forevers)

  1. An extremely long time.
    • I haven't seen him in forever!
    • It took me forever to make up my mind.
    • Don't spend forever on the phone!
  2. (colloquial) A mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.
    • Sure, I'd be happy to meet with you on the 12th of forever.

Translations

Adjective

forever (not comparable)

  1. Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
Meaning and Definition of forever
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