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Dictionary: ev·er   (ĕv'ər) pronunciation
 
adv.
  1. At all times; always: ever hoping to strike it rich.
    1. At any time: Have you ever been to Europe?
    2. In any way; at all: How did they ever manage? See Usage Note at rarely.
  2. To a great extent or degree. Used for emphasis often with so: He was ever so sorry. Was she ever mad!
idioms:

ever and again (or anon)

  1. Now and then; occasionally.
for ever and a day
  1. Always; forever.

[Middle English, from Old English ǣfre.]


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Definition: always
Antonyms: never


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: At all times. Also: at any time or in any way.

pronunciation If ever you wanted to run fast, now is the time.

 
Wikipedia: Ever
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Ever can refer to:

  • Ever is an adverb in the English language.
  • Eber (Standard Hebrew: ʿÉver) is a character in the Bible.
  • Ever is a Marvel Comics character.
  • Ever, an album by Love Spirals Downwards.
  • Ever, an album by the British progressive rock band IQ.
  • Ever fragrance by Coty, Inc.
  • Ever Carradine, an American actress and the daughter of Robert Carradine
  • EverQuest, a fantasy massively-multiplayer online role-playing game
  • Ever, a book by American author Gail Carson Levine

 
Translations: Ever
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - altid, nogensinde, i alverden, overhovedet, meget, stadig

idioms:

  • as ever    som nogensinde
  • ever after    til deres dages ende
  • ever more    evigt
  • ever since    lige siden
  • ever so    smadder-
  • ever such    vældig
  • for ever    for evigt

Nederlands (Dutch)
immer, ooit, versterkend woord

Français (French)
adv. - jamais (avec une négation, un doute), déjà (avec une interrogation), jamais (après un comparatif ou un superlatif), toujours, sans cesse, pour toujours, sans retour, une éternité, éternellement, à jamais, quelque/si/pour ...que/qu'il/elle/etc

idioms:

  • as ever    comme toujours, comme prévu
  • ever after    pour l'éternité
  • ever more    pour toujours
  • ever since    depuis lors
  • ever so    même si, tellement
  • ever such    tellement
  • for ever    pour toujours

Deutsch (German)
adv. - immer, jemals

idioms:

  • as ever    wie immer
  • ever after    seitdem
  • ever more    auf ewig
  • ever since    seit dieser Zeit
  • ever so    so sehr
  • ever such    so sehr
  • for ever    für immer

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - ποτέ, παρά πολύ, καμιά φορά, κάποτε, πάντοτε, διαρκώς, συνεχώς

idioms:

  • as ever    όπως πάντα
  • ever after    έκτοτε, από τότε (και στο εξής)
  • ever more    εσαεί, για πάντα, στο διηνεκές, στον αιώνα
  • ever since    (συνεχώς) έκτοτε, από τότε και έπειτα
  • ever so    υπερβολικά, άκρως
  • ever such    από κάθε άποψη
  • for ever    για πάντα

Italiano (Italian)
sempre, un giorno

idioms:

  • as ever    come sempre
  • ever after    da allora in poi
  • ever more    perpetuamente
  • ever since    da allora
  • ever so    ogni
  • ever such    tale
  • for ever    per sempre

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - sempre, já, nunca (após comparativo)

idioms:

  • as ever    como sempre
  • ever after    para sempre
  • ever more    para sempre
  • ever since    desde então
  • ever so    muito, extremamente
  • ever such    uma pessoa ou coisa muito boa
  • for ever    para sempre

Русский (Russian)
когда-либо, всегда, вечно

idioms:

  • as ever    Ваш/Твой
  • ever after    с тех пор, всю жизнь
  • ever more    навсегда
  • ever since    с тех пор
  • ever so    очень, гораздо, как бы то ни было
  • ever such    очень
  • for ever    навсегда, навеки

Español (Spanish)
adv. - siempre, nunca, jamás

idioms:

  • as ever    como siempre
  • ever after    desde entonces
  • ever more    para siempre
  • ever since    desde que, desde entonces
  • ever so    muy, mucho, muchísimo
  • ever such    muy
  • for ever    para siempre

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - någonsin, alltid

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
曾经, 永远, 究竟

idioms:

  • as ever    像往常一样...
  • ever after    从那以后, 以后一直
  • ever more    永远, 始终
  • ever since    自从
  • ever so    非常
  • ever such    很, 非常
  • for ever    永远, 永久地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 曾經, 永遠, 究竟

idioms:

  • as ever    像往常一樣...
  • ever after    從那以後, 以後一直
  • ever more    永遠, 始終
  • ever since    自從
  • ever so    非常
  • ever such    很, 非常
  • for ever    永遠, 永久地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 언제나, 여태껏, 도대체, 아주

idioms:

  • as ever    언제나처럼

日本語 (Japanese)
adv. - いつか, かつて, 今までに, どんなときも, 今だかつて, いったい, 一体全体, 今まで, 本当に, 仮にも
conj. - …して以来ずっと

idioms:

  • as ever    相変わらず
  • ever after    その後ずっと
  • ever more    かつて以上に, より一層
  • ever since    それ以来ずっと
  • ever so    どんなに, 非常に
  • ever such    とても…な
  • for ever    永久に, いつも
  • if ever    やるとすれば, やるとしても

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) أبدا, دائما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮אי פעם, בזמן כל שהוא, בכלל, מעולם, מעודו‬


 
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