Forever Meaning
/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
advFor all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
advFor a very long time, a seeming eternity.
Sentence Examples
It would take forever for me to explain everything.
Humans were never meant to live forever.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The couple promised to love each other ____ after their wedding.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She promised that she would cherish the memory of their special day together for ____.
Word Origin & History
Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Secondly, When a body is once in motion it will continue to move forever, unless something stops it. When a ball is struck on the surface of the earth, the friction of the earth and the resistance of the air soon stop its motion."
— 1839, Denison Olmsted, A Compendium of Astronomy, page 95:
"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — for ever."
— 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four:
"She and Serena had been friends forever. Or nearly forever: forty-two years, beginning with Miss Kimmel's first grade."
— 1988, Anne Tyler, chapter 1, in Breathing Lessons:
"Anything in the world of transport takes forever to do, and costs far too much."
— 2024 February 7, Lee Waters tells Conrad Landin, “A mission to improve transport for Wales”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 35:
"Early in his boyhood he had learned to form ropes by twisting and tying long grasses together, and with these he was forever tripping Tublat or attempting to hang him from some overhanging branch."
— 1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter 5, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, June 1914, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The couple promised to love each other ____ after their wedding.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She promised that she would cherish the memory of their special day together for ____.