adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
live forever
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His name will live forever .
lost forever
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It was thought the manuscript had been lost forever .
take (sb) ages/forever informal
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It took me ages to find a present for Dad.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
change
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Now, the picture has changed forever .
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Your life could be changed forever .
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The two families are changed forever .
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Otherwise, they say, historic towns will be changed forever .
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By World War I, new technology allowed the introduction of open-pit mining, and the face of Bisbee began changing forever .
disappear
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You would be so shocked and so disgusted that whatever faint chance of your return is left would disappear forever .
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Some stories ready to go disappeared forever .
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You put what I say in your mind and wrap it up and it disappears forever .
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Islands that can sink or disappear forever .
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Worse, however, is the situation regarding the back catalogue: once initial stock are exhausted the titles frequently disappear forever .
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The days of the dainty cup and saucer seem to have disappeared forever .
go
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He had gone forever , to be replaced by the man she had really married, the ambitious and powerful Damian Flint.
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Now, in the affluent West, that world has possibly gone forever .
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If we do not take it now, it will be gone forever .
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Rollins concludes that the Ozzie-and-Harriet days for which conservative Republicans are nostalgic are gone forever .
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BWhen Theodora disappears like this, Tamika fears she will be gone forever , a fear compounded by her roustabout life.
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The fabled dodo bird of Reunion Island is gone forever , as is the moa of New Zealand.
last
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Like their love, it would last forever .
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This atmosphere can perhaps last for some time, but it will not last forever .
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At this stage you might imagine your huge number of lace samples was enough to last forever .
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Success is not going to last forever .
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The stench of the skunk seems to last forever .
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When you bought that new computer a couple of years ago, you probably thought its 500-megabyte hard disk would last forever .
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I want this voyage to last forever .
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It was a life that would last forever .
live
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I never intend to die but to carry on and live forever !
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As long as he could avoid this seasonal parasite, he would live forever .
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How lucky you are in Luggnagg, where a child has a chance of living forever !
lose
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Many of these will be lost forever , before they have even been named.
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But that Spring Hill may be lost forever , some residents say.
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It's estimated that each day another three species are lost forever .
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In the process, many irrecoverable secrets of nature are being lost forever .
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She tried to regroup her scattered brain tissue, pulling back pieces of her mind before they were lost forever .
take
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Even when classification changes are approved, the process takes forever .
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The journey into Nice seemed to take forever .
wait
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Larger families around us were being rehoused at a steady rate, but we were doomed to wait forever .
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Still, I could not wait forever .
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If they are to throw themselves fully into battle by land and sea, they can not wait forever .
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But people throughout national headquarters and the chapters know that their new vision will not wait forever .
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The man with a gun could wait forever , but I would be gone.
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He looked totally at ease, prepared to wait forever , and Paige's temper began to simmer.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
If I should die, think only this of me:/That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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God's love endures forever .
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I'd like to stay here forever .
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I'll remember you forever .
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I'm staying here. If I go with you, it'll take forever and a day.
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Let me see the map, or we'll be driving round here forever .
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The memory of that awful day is forever etched in my mind.
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These wool blankets pretty much last forever , don't they?
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Those Popsicles have been in the freezer forever .
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We had a game of Scrabble that seemed to go on forever .
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Well, I don't suppose the police will let the situation go on forever !
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You can't avoid him forever , you know.
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You go into marriage thinking it's going to last forever .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And even within a single formation the relations between instances are forever changing.
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Does all this mean that we are forever stuck with a specific impulse limit of about 450 seconds?
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One of the reasons the prairie may never be fully restored is that some parts are forever gone.
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The explanation lay forever hidden in mystery.