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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

forevermore en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /fɔːɹˈɛv.ɚ.mɔːɹ/ (US)
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  • /fəˈɹɛv.ə.mɔː/ (UK)
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Etymology

Compound of for + evermore, modeled after forever (for + ever).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) At any or all times in the future; forever.
    • Poor Pope; and I am told he is fast growing bankrupt too; and will, in a measurable term of years (a great way within the ‘three hundred’), not have a penny to make his pot boil! His old rheumatic back will then get to rest; and himself and his stage-properties sleep well in Chaos forevermore. 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. I, Phenomena”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
    • A frozen sun forevermore the same. 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Eidolon:
    • Cause girl I love you more than words can show / My love is pure / I, I'll walk a thousand miles, sail a thousand seas / Nothing will discourage me / And I pray that you will be always there for me forevermore 1990, After 7, “Ready Or Not”, in After 7:

Synonyms

eternally · forever · evermore · in perpetuity

Translations (17)

quc amaq'il (at any or all times in the future; forever) · gd gu suthain sìorraidh (at any or all times in the future; forever) · es para siempre (at any or all times in the future; forever) · lt amžinai (at any or all times in the future; forever) · ru навсегда (at any or all times in the future; forever) · ru на веки вечные (at any or all times in the future; forever) · pt perpetuamente (at any or all times in the future; forever) · pt para sempre (at any or all times in the future; forever) · gd gu sìorraidh bràth (at any or all times in the future; forever) · fr à jamais (at any or all times in the future; forever) · fr pour toujours (at any or all times in the future; forever) · fi ikuisesti (at any or all times in the future; forever) · pl na zawsze (at any or all times in the future; forever) · quc amaq'el (at any or all times in the future; forever) · quc junelik (at any or all times in the future; forever) · pt eternamente (at any or all times in the future; forever) · es por siempre jamás (at any or all times in the future; forever)