forever
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for·ev·er
(fôr-ĕv′ər, fər-)adv.
1. For everlasting time; eternally: No one can live forever.
2. At all times; incessantly: was forever complaining about the job.
n.
A seemingly very long time: It has taken forever to resolve these problems.
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forever
(fɔːˈrɛvə; fə-)adv
1. Also: for ever without end; everlastingly; eternally
2. at all times; incessantly
3. informal for a very long time: he went on speaking forever.
n
4. (as object) informal a very long time: it took him forever to reply.
5. …forever! an exclamation expressing support or loyalty: Scotland forever!.
Usage: Forever and for ever can both be used to say that something is without end. For all other meanings, forever is the preferred form
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
for•ev•er
(fɔrˈɛv ər, fər-)adv.
1. without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
2. continually; incessantly; always: forever complaining.
n. 3. a seemingly endless period of time.
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forever
Something that will last or continue forever will always last or continue.
She would remember his name forever.
They thought that their empire would last forever.
Something that has gone forever has gone and will never reappear.
This innocence is lost forever.
They will vanish forever into the grey twilight.
For the above two meanings, you can use the alternative spelling for ever in British English.
My fate had been sealed for ever.
We'll be married soon and then these lonesome nights will be over for ever.
Other words and expressions can be used to say how long something lasts.
If you say that someone is forever doing something, you mean that they do it very often.
Babbage was forever spotting errors in their calculations.
For this meaning, the only acceptable spelling is forever.
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| Adv. | 1. | forever - for a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss |
| 2. | forever - for a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 3. | forever - without interruption; "the world is constantly changing" |
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forever
adverb
1. evermore, always, ever, for good, for keeps, for all time, in perpetuity, for good and all (informal), till the cows come home (informal), world without end, till the end of time, till Doomsday We will live together forever.
2. constantly, always, all the time, continually, endlessly, persistently, eternally, perpetually, incessantly, interminably, unremittingly, everlastingly He was forever attempting to arrange deals.
Usage: Forever and for ever can both be used to say that something is without end. For all other meanings, forever is the preferred form.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
navždy
for altid
ikuisestiikuisuusaina
zauvijek
mindörökkéörökkéörökre
永久に
영원히
för alltid
ตลอดไป
mãi mãi
forever
[fərˈevəʳ] ADV2. (= incessantly, repeatedly) → constantemente
she's forever complaining → se queja constantemente, siempre se está quejando
see also ever 1
she's forever complaining → se queja constantemente, siempre se está quejando
see also ever 1
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
forever
[fəˈrɛvər] adv (= once and for all) → à jamais
He's gone forever → Il est parti à jamais.
to have gone forever (= be at an end) → être définitivement fini(e)
It has gone forever → C'est définitivement fini.
He's gone forever → Il est parti à jamais.
to have gone forever (= be at an end) → être définitivement fini(e)
It has gone forever → C'est définitivement fini.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
forever
adv
(= eternally) live, last, be grateful → ewig; remember, go on → immer; she is forever watchful → sie ist ewig wachsam; Scotland forever! → ein Hoch auf Schottland!
(= irrevocably) go, disappear, change → unwiderruflich; the old social order was gone forever → das alte Gesellschaftssystem war für immer verschwunden
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
forever
[fərˈɛvəʳ] adv (eternally) → per sempre, eternamente; (for good) → per sempre (fam) (incessantly, repeatedly) → sempre, di continuo; (for ages) it lasted forever → è durato un'eternitàit'll take forever → ci vorrà una vita
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
forever
→ إلَى الأَبَد navždy for altid immer παντοτινά para siempre ikuisesti toujours zauvijek per sempre 永久に 영원히 voorgoed for alltid na zawsze eternamente всегда för alltid ตลอดไป ebediyen mãi mãi 永远Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
forever
adv. siempre, para siempre, por siempre.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
forever
adv para siempre; Herpes is forever..El herpes es para siempre.English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.