for‧ev‧er S2 W3 (also for ever British English) /fərˈevə $ -ər/ adverb

1. for all future time:
I wanted that moment to last forever.
Many valuable works of art were lost forever.

2. especially spoken for a very long time:
Once built, stone walls last forever.
It took forever to clean up after the party.
The meeting seemed to go on forever and a day.

3. be forever doing something spoken to do something often, especially in a way that annoys people Synonym : be always doing something:
He’s forever making comments about my weight.

4. forever and ever a phrase meaning forever, used especially in stories

5. go on forever American English to be extremely long or large:
The road just went on forever.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲