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[fawr-ev-er, fer-]

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adverb

without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.

continually; incessantly; always: He's forever complaining.

noun

an endless or seemingly endless period of time: It took them forever to make up their minds.

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Idiom

forever and a day, eternally; always: They pledged to love each other forever and a day.

Origin:
1660–70; orig. phrase for ever

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Example Sentences

I've always been indecisive, the kind of person who takes forever to reach a decision and then questions the hell out of.

They are forever calling in the consultants and surfing the business press for the next big thing.

In the run-up to war, a photographer trains her camera on a city about to be changed forever.

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I've always been indecisive, the kind of person who takes forever to reach a decision and then questions the hell out of.

They are forever calling in the consultants and surfing the business press for the next big thing.

In the run-up to war, a photographer trains her camera on a city about to be changed forever.

Today he insists that reality may forever be beyond reach of our understanding.

His ambition is to dissolve the boundaries between man and other species, between art and nature, between now and forever.

One taste will probably make you swear off the commercial stuff forever.

Higher oil prices remind drivers that fossil-fuel supplies won't last forever.

Marriage promises that they will live in that place forever.

Political journalists are particularly bad, forever using the word to describe some policy.

More resin oozed over the centipede, trapping it forever in what would become a golden, see-through tomb.

It seems that scientists have been struggling forever to make a mechanical heart that really works.

Misplace it in the trunk of your automobile, already littered with the debris of years of hard driving, and it's gone forever.

The air is cool, the sky is gray, and you begin to wonder whether winter will last forever.

It takes forever to fill the old-school guns with the t-shaped tab that retains the cap.

Gods live forever in order to make things, to create where there was nothing, and to enjoy the fruits of their creation.

He will never be forgotten and through his product his name will live forever.

Amazing cultures are in danger of disappearing forever.

Ten years ago two teams discovered that the universe will expand forever at an ever faster rate, thanks to an unseen energy.

Call a book charming in these benighted days and you risk burying it forever.

He gets so excited with his vision and you will forever be grateful when you see the end result.

Nelson is about to prove forever the health benefits of cured pork products.

On some accounts, it has simply addled their brains, destroying their powers of concentration forever by dint of distraction.

However, there is no way that this totalitarian rule can exist forever.

Unfortunately, many of them are in danger of disappearing forever.

They don't believe in free markets either as they are forever trying to create monopoly situations.

For such a generous gift alone, our nation would have been forever grateful.

The trackpad is always ready to hand below the keyboard, so you aren't forever reaching off to the right or left to mouse around.

Leaving on good terms is less important for faculty members who want to leave academe forever.

Once polio is eradicated, it will however be eradicated forever.

There are times, when one is lucky enough to meet an individual who will forever impact your life.

Would be about time to start breeding with these frogs before they're gone forever.

Both are always forever welcome to eat from our humble dinner table".

It used to take forever to load up all of the songs you've downloaded.

He broke rules and changed the course of literature forever.

Those days are gone forever now that travellers can surf the internet for cheap unsold seats.

It may be your last chance before their way of life disappears forever.

It seemed as though the spill might drag on forever.

Their extraordinary leap would forever change the way people envisioned the.

Until recently, editing was a part of the creative workflow that he thought he'd lost forever.

English may not last forever as the world's numero uno language.

Members claim that the project will both damage the region and alter it forever.

Recent studies have suggested that too little oxygen for too long can shut down parts of the brain forever.

But in our current understanding, dark energy seems to promise that the universe will expand forever.

They've discovered, for instance, that memories aren't locked in forever.

The future forever looms ahead, creating a ready market of people who will pay good money.

Both in single duration and in sequence, fake meetings go on forever.

Still, as long as the recovery proceeds, the debate cannot be put off forever.

Ephraim's view of the world was forever changed by it.

She forever changed the way the pageant is percieved rufus.

I've been out there represented as an immortality merchant since forever.

Your choice of college, unlike your choice of can opener, is going to change your life forever.

DoSomething tries to stay in touch forever with everyone it has employed.

Sustainable seafood represents a healthy relationship with our oceans that can endure forever.

He left us his music that will live on in our hearts forever.

It doesn't matter how many times it rings, as long as it's not ringing forever and it doesn't go to voicemail.

But a reckoning, for the group and the kingdom, cannot be deferred forever.

If a virus changes quickly, a vaccine might be suitable for a while but not forever.

I'd think twice if it was going to take you forever or not help you get/keep a job.

Then imagine a world where these places weren't protected and preserved forever.

In flight, the raptors' wings seemed to go on forever.

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World English Dictionary

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.	informal (as object) 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

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Word Origin & History

forever

late 14c., for ever; from for + ever. One word from late 17c.

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