for ever

A form of forever — For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime; for an infinite amount of time.

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Meanings

adverbfor ever (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of forever.

    That Mr Stink had saved up all his pennies to buy her something meant the whole world to her. “I will treasure this for ever, I promise.”

    2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Little Star”, in Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 263
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    The death of my ſon betiding while my ſoul was under this anxiety, I thought of nothing but reſigning my dominions, and retiring for ever from the ſight of mankind.

    1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter III, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, pages 107–108

    'You probably won't understand what he's talking about at first, but don't ever say so, or he'll go on and on for ever, and you still won't understand any better.'

    1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 66

    His sister, being happily married and pregnant, wanted him to feel just as settled and was for ever introducing him to potential Misses Right.

    2007, Kate Hardy [pseudonym; Pamela Brooks], chapter 1, in The Pregnancy Ultimatum (Pregnant Mistresses; 3), Toronto, Ont.; New York, N.Y.: Harlequin, published 2008, →ISBN, page 14

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APA

for ever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20ever

MLA

“for ever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20ever. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for ever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20ever.

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