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adverb

fə-ˈre-vər How to pronounce forever (audio)
Definition of forevernext
1
as in permanently
for all time we'll be best friends forever

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2
as in constantly
on every relevant occasion he is forever reminding me to wear my hat and gloves in cold weather

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forever

2 of 2

noun

as in months
a long or seemingly long period of time it took forever to fill out all the forms

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Recent Examples of forever
Adverb
The songs are lucid and explicit, delivered with the gravitas of someone whose world has just changed forever. — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026 The Hawaiians viewed the new rules as tyrannical; those with the disease were wont to hide in the hills of the islands, forever on the run. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Noun
Printed with thermochromic ink, the stamp reveals a second image of the moon when a finger is pressed to it, and a sheet of 16 Forever stamps features a map of the eclipse path. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2017 Forever is gonna start aboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas Monday with a concert of lunar proportions. — Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 17 Aug. 2017 See All Example Sentences for forever
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forever
  1. permanently
  2. constantly
  3. long
  4. always
  5. continually
  6. eternity
  7. eternally
  8. consistently
Adverb
  • Liverpool have commercial staff permanently based in Boston and New York.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • The chip would permanently embed parts of Gemini’s architecture directly into the silicon, reducing the number of calculations and amount of data movement required to answer queries, according to the news outlet.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 20 July 2026
Definition of permanently
Adverb
  • Anderson’s injury record is slightly worse by virtue of a stress fracture in his back that kept him out for four months in the middle of the 2023-24 season, but over the two subsequent campaigns both have been near-constantly available.
    — Cerys Jones, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Clark is the one constantly subjected to excessive physicality from other WNBA players, and Armour still finds a way to make the aftermath her responsibility.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of constantly
Noun
  • The star power continued at City Hall, where Spike Lee, Patrick Ewing and Carmelo Anthony were among those who went from float ride-a-longs to seats at the ceremony.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • This year’s 10-day-long edition brought together an international slate of independent films across narrative, documentary, animation, experimental and short-form categories.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 9 June 2026
Definition of long
Adverb
  • John Schreiber The MLB trade deadline is always kind to high-leverage relievers.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • Check board certification Many clinics say their surgeons are board-certified, but this is not always the case.
    — Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of always
Adverb
  • The team continually assesses and resets what matters most as circumstances change.
    — Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Occasional proposals were floated by outside groups to use McAuley, though funding continually was a challenge.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026
Definition of continually
Noun
  • That’s highly unlikely considering Lestat and Louis were steps away from getting back together before they were beheaded and had spared only a small moment to reckon with her spending an eternity stuck in purgatory without Madeleine (Roxane Duran).
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • The Rockefeller Foundation, which was incorporated in New York state in 1913, was, by contrast, established for eternity.
    — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Definition of eternity
Adverb
  • Plus the eternally lovable Muppets including Kermit and Miss Piggy, the viral dance troupe Ghetto Kids from Kampala, Uganda, who danced with Shakira, and children from Staten Island's PS22 Chorus, who closed out the show singing with Martin.
    — Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 19 July 2026
  • To me, being a refugee meant being eternally lonely.
    — Ashoka, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of eternally
Adverb
  • Athletes in this league consistently speak out against everything from poor operational standards within certain organizations to leadership’s missteps.
    — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • But a lot of peptides are just the result of the messy complexity of biology, where larger proteins may break down in a way that consistently produces a stereotypical pattern of fragments.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026
Definition of consistently

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