I. fə-ˈrev-ər, fȯ-; Southern often fə-ˈe-və adverb
Date: circa 1500
1. : for a limitless time
wants to live forever
2. : at all times : continually
is forever making bad puns
II. noun
Date: 1858
: a seemingly interminable time : excessively long
it took her forever to find the answer