forever

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(fôr-ĕv'ər, fər-) pronunciation
adv.
  1. For everlasting time; eternally: No one can live forever.
  2. At all times; incessantly: was forever complaining about the job.
n.
A seemingly very long time: It has taken forever to resolve these problems.


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This is written as two separate words in British English (but often as one word in American English) when the meaning is 'for all future time' (He said he would love her for ever) and as one word when the meaning is 'always, continually' (They are forever complaining).

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adj

Definition: for all time; everlasting
Antonyms: at no time, brief, never, temporary

adj

Definition: not ceasing, continually
Antonyms: ceasing, ending, never, occasionally, sporadically

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adv. - Seemingly without interruption; For a limitless time; For a very long or seemingly endless time.

pronunciation Nothing lasts forever - not even your troubles.

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - for evig, altid
n. - evighed

idioms:

  • forever and ever    for tid og evighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
altijd, eeuwig

Français (French)
adv. - pour toujours
n. - pour toujours

idioms:

  • forever and ever    pour toujours, à jamais

Deutsch (German)
adv. - immer, ewig
n. - Ewigkeit

idioms:

  • forever and ever    ewig, für immer, für alle Zeiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - για πάντα, αιώνια, παντοτινά, διαρκώς
n. - αιωνιότητα

idioms:

  • forever and ever    για πάντα

Italiano (Italian)
per sempre

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - para sempre
n. - eternidade (f)

idioms:

  • forever and ever    eternamente

Русский (Russian)
вечность, навсегда, беспрестанно, на веки вечные

idioms:

  • forever and ever    на веки вечные

Español (Spanish)
adv. - siempre, para siempre
n. - período extremadamente largo de tiempo

idioms:

  • forever and ever    eternamente, por siempre jamás

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - för alltid
n. - mycket lång tid(speriod)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
永远, 老是, 不断地, 极长的一段时间, 永恒

idioms:

  • forever and ever    永远地, 极长久地, 永久的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 永遠, 老是, 不斷地
n. - 極長的一段時間, 永恆

idioms:

  • forever and ever    永遠地, 極長久地, 永久的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 영구히, 끊임없이
n. - 영원

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 永遠
adv. - 永久に, 永遠に, 絶えず, 常に

idioms:

  • forever and ever    永遠に

العربيه (Arabic)
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עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לנצח, לעד‬
n. - ‮נצח של זמן, פרק-זמן הנראה כנצח‬


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