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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/fəˈrɛvə^r/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/fɔrˈɛvɚ, fər-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(fôr ev′ər, fər-)

for•ev•er /fɔrˈɛvɚ, fər-/USA pronunciation adv.

without ending;
for all time;
eternally:She's gone forever.
continually;
incessantly;
always:[often: be + ~ + verb-ing]He is forever complaining.

n. [uncountable]

a seemingly endless period of time:Don't spend forever on the phone.

for•ev•er (fôr ev′ər, fər-),USA pronunciation adv.

without ever ending;
eternally:to last forever.
continually;
incessantly;
always:He's forever complaining.
Idioms forever and a day, eternally;
always:They pledged to love each other forever and a day.

an endless or seemingly endless period of time:It took them forever to make up their minds.

origin, originally phrase for ever 1660–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

forever /fɔːˈrɛvə; fə-/ adv

Also: for ever without end; everlastingly; eternally
at all times; incessantly
informal for a very long time: he went on speaking forever

(as object) informal a very long time: it took him forever to reply

USAGE

'forever' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

but - Connery - ever - for evermore - ageless - always - broke - continue - cow - Danaides - Endymion - enshrine - esto perpetua - eternal - everlasting - evermore - flash - forevermore - foreverness - good - in aeternum - L.D.S. - live-forever - open universe - Orpheus - perish - perpetual - Rubicon - Tammuz - wrong - seal - stonecrop family

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Synonyms: always, eternally, permanently, evermore, forevermore, more...

Collocations: haven't [drunk, played, studied, seen you] in forever, forever [young, free, beautiful], [seemed, looked, wanted to be, stay] forever [young], more...

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... ain’t been that color since forever.
''If I hadn't voted for you, I would feel guilty forever''
(punctuation) is and forever will be
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A book that lives forever
a dry tongue lashed out its single motto: now and forever
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A more formal way to say "forever"
Always / Forever
Always and forever
always/forever racing against/with time
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Ampersand forever—&&&.
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as the cords begin to unbind, ere it leaves its clay forever.
as they have forever
asking for stamps in a post office / forever stamps
Be there in 5. Alex took ducking forever.
Biesuo Bear Forever
brutal crimes was forever
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changing flight leasing forever
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