FOREVER


Meaning of FOREVER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fərevə(r) ]

also for ever

1.

If you say that something will happen or continue forever , you mean that it will always happen or continue.

I think that we will live together forever...

I will forever be grateful for his considerable input.

ADV : ADV with v

2.

If something has gone or changed forever , it has gone or changed completely and permanently.

The old social order was gone forever...

Their lives changed forever.

ADV : ADV after v

3.

If you say that something takes forever or lasts forever , you are emphasizing that it takes or lasts a very long time, or that it seems to. ( INFORMAL )

The drive seemed to take forever...

ADV : ADV after v [ emphasis ]

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