Forever (Damage album)
WordNet
adverb
(1) Seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly
"Always looking for faults"
"It is always raining"
"He is forever cracking jokes"
"They are forever arguing"
(2) For a limitless time
"No one can live forever"
"Brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss
(3) For a very long or seemingly endless time
"She took forever to write the paper"
"We had to wait forever and a day"
WiktionaryText
Adverb
- for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time.
- I shall love you forever.
- (colloquially) for a very long time, 'an' eternity.
- We had to wait forever to get inside.
- (colloquially) for an excessively long time.
- It took her forever to get dressed and ready for the party.
- The drive to his mothers' house took forever.
- at all times, anytime, allways
- You'll have a home here forever, my son!
- (colloquially) constantly or frequently.
- You are forever nagging me.
- (colloquially) a mythical time in the infinite future that will never come.
- Sure, I'd be happy to meet with you on the 12th of forever.
- If I have to wait while you finish that project, then I'll be here forever.
Usage notes
- In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, for ever is the standard spelling for the infinite sense), whilst for ever and forever are both standard for senses 'a long time'. In the United States and Canada, generally only forever is used, regardless of sense.
Synonyms
Related terms
- everlasting
- every
- everyday
- never
- nevermore
- whatever
- whenever
- whoever