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Added 9 October 2026

forever

/fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)/ adverb

In Latin: aeternō, perpetuum Wiktionary

adverb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about forever at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

For a limitless time.
no one can live forever
For a very long or seemingly endless time.
she took forever to write the paper
Without interruption.
the world is constantly changing

Origin

Univerbation of for ever, from Middle English for ever, for evere. By surface analysis, for + ever. First attested in the late 14c., and first attested in the late 17c. as one word. Noun first attested in 1858.

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