forever
For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
Adverb 3 meanings
For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.
“I shall love you forever.”
For a very long time, a seeming eternity.
“We had to wait forever to get inside.”
Constantly or frequently.
“You are forever nagging me.”
Noun 2 meanings
An extremely long time.
“I haven't seen him in forever!”
A mythical time in the future that will never come.
“Sure, I'd be happy to meet with you on the 12th of forever.”
Adjective 1 meaning
Permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
Etymology
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.
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FOREVER at a glance
FOREVER has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + R 1 + E 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,813 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with forever
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