forevermore

adverb

for·​ev·​er·​more fə-ˌre-vər-ˈmȯr How to pronounce forevermore (audio)
fə-ˌre-və-,
fȯ-
: for an endless time : forever entry 1 sense 1
Plant a black gum in your yard and fall will forevermore arrive with a fanfare of scarlet foliage.Doug Hall
… carving Hollywood, now and forevermore, in our imaginations as something both absurd and unholy.Neal Gabler
When you were first introduced to her you called her Miss Stanleymain … Then she begged you to call her Miss Sylvia, and as Miss Sylvia you spoke and thought of her forevermore.Lucy Maud Montgomery
In the backs of these cars was a great miscellany of items … which would now remain in the back forevermore.Ian Frazier

Examples of forevermore in a Sentence

a hero that will be praised forevermore for his great deeds
Recent Examples on the Web The uncomfortable truth is that sometimes this motive is simply wanting to sow chaos, to kill and be known forevermore as someone who did a terrible thing. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 July 2024 This time around, the loser will be just that — now, and forevermore. Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 5 Mar. 2024 The story is already, at best, bittersweet — the only way to avoid rape is to become an inanimate object — but its epilogue is downright unfair: Apollo kisses the tree’s bark and vows to use its wood to make his bow and lyre, and its leaves as his crown, forevermore. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2023 On a recent gray morning, dozens of geese circled the Lady of the Lake — the 1934 concrete statue of a woman with her hands raised forevermore — as people took selfies near her. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for forevermore 

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of forevermore was in the 14th century

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“Forevermore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forevermore. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.

Kids Definition

forevermore

adverb
for·​ev·​er·​more fə-ˌrev-ə(r)-ˈmō(ə)r How to pronounce forevermore (audio)
-ˈmȯ(ə)r,
fȯ-

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