/fawr ev"euhr, feuhr-/ , adv.
1. without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
2. continually; incessantly; always: He's forever complaining.
3. forever and a day , eternally; always: They pledged to love each other forever and a day.
n.
4. an endless or seemingly endless period of time: It took them forever to make up their minds.
[ 1660-70; orig. phrase for ever ]