forever

/fə'revə/
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forever

The child promised to keep the seashell forever.

Definition
  1. Adverb:
    • For all future time; for always; eternally: Used to indicate that something will continue without end.
    • For a very long time; seemingly endless: Used informally to emphasize an extremely long duration, often with a sense of impatience or exaggeration.
    • Continually; persistently: Used to describe an action that happens repeatedly or without stopping.
Usage Examples
  • Adverb (Eternally):
    • He promised to love her forever.
    • The memory of that day will last forever.
  • Adverb (A very long time):
    • It took forever to get a table at the restaurant.
    • The lecture seemed to go on forever.
  • Adverb (Continually):
    • She is forever losing her keys.
    • He is forever complaining about the weather.
Advanced Usage
  • "forever and a day": An emphatic phrase meaning for an extremely long, seemingly endless time.
    • We waited for the bus forever and a day.
  • "forever and ever": A phrase, often used in religious or solemn contexts, to stress eternal duration.
    • They vowed to be together forever and ever.
Variants and Related Words
  • Evermore (adverb): For all future time; forever. (Formal/literary)
    • His name shall live evermore in our hearts.
  • Forevermore (adverb): For all future time; forever. (Formal)
    • I shall be forevermore grateful.
Synonyms
  • Eternally: In a way that continues forever.
  • Perpetually: In a way that never ends or changes.
  • Always: At all times; on all occasions.
  • Endlessly: In a way that seems to have no end.
Related Phrases
  • Take forever: To take an excessively long time.
    • This computer is so slow; it takes forever to start up.
  • Last forever: To endure for a very long time.
    • Good leather shoes can last forever if you take care of them.
Related Idioms
  • A forever home: A permanent, loving home for a rescued animal.
    • The shelter found a forever home for the old dog.
  • Forever young: Remaining youthful in spirit or appearance indefinitely.
    • The song is about wishing to stay forever young.
forever

The child promised to keep the seashell forever.

Adverb
  1. without interruption
    • the world is constantly changing
  2. for a very long or seemingly endless time
    • she took forever to write the paper
    • we had to wait forever and a day
  3. for a limitless time
    • no one can live forever
    • brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore- P.P.Bliss

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