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Definition: Ever

Ever

Adverb

1. At any time; "did you ever smoke?"; "the best con man of all time".

2. At all times; all the time and on every occasion; "I will always be there to help you"; "always arrives on time"; "there is always some pollution in the air"; "ever hoping to strike it rich"; "ever busy".

3. (intensifier for adjectives) very; "she was ever so friendly".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ever" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Ever

DomainDefinition

Tips from 1870

Usage: Ever, Never. "Let him be ever so rich," says Emerson. "You spend ever so much money in entertaining your equals and betters," says Thackeray. "Though he run ever so fast, he cannot win the race." Writers and grammarians differ, some preferring ever, others never. Source: Slips of Speech.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Vaporware

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Vaporware is software that was announced by a developer, but never made it to a real product.

It is constructed of vapor, floating in space, but never materializes; hence the name vaporware. It usually has the best features of all programs currently on the market. In many cases, the vaporware program is actively being developed. The only problem is that you can not buy (or do anything else with) this software.

In some cases, vaporware may be the result of a trial balloon. In other cases, vaporware is announced by companies in order to damage the development of real products by competitors; if the customer believes the hype, they may put off purchasing the real product to wait for its vaporous rival to mature. An widely cite example of this is Microsoft's strategy in Windows 95 against IBM's OS/2.

In many cases vaporware may actually materialize after a long waiting time, often several years. However, it is rare for vaporware to have all of the features promised. Vaporware may be hyped.

Examples of vaporware are Duke Nukem Forever, which as of 2003 was six years past its release date.

Vaporware is also a company selling Amiga Internet applications.

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Synonyms: Ever

Synonyms: always (adv), e'er (adv), ever so (adv), of all time (adv). (additional references)
Antonym: never (adv). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Ever

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Perpetuity

Adverb: perpetually; Adjective: always, ever, evermore, aye; for ever, for aye, till the end of the universe, forevermore, forever and a day, for ever and ever; in all ages, from age to age; without end; world without end, time without end; in secula seculorum; to the end of time, to the crack of doom, to the "last syllable of recorded time"; till doomsday; constantly; (very frequently).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Ever

English words defined with "ever": ever soFor ever and a day. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ever": Children ever born, Children ever born - fertilitOr EverSeldom or ever. (references)
Etymologies containing "ever": Still-closing. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Ever" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (wild boar).

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Modern Usage: Ever

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It is the only way I will ever distinguish myself (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I'd really like to know, and she'd die before she'd ever tell me about it. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

Have I ever told you I love you (Indecent Proposal; writing credit: Amy Holden Jones)

Well don't ever do that again (I.Q.; writing credit: Andy Breckman and Michael Leeson.)

She's been a lot better to me than any woman I ever knew (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre; writing credit: B. Traven; John Huston)

Lyrics

HOW YOU COULD EVER HURT ME SO (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints)

So tell me have you ever really (Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

I want to know, Have you ever seen the rain (HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN?; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

And if my time don't ever come (Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad; performing artist: Def Leppard)

She's all, she's all I ever had (She's all I ever had; performing artist: Ricky Martin)

Clever

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. (references; author: Mark Twain)

No possible rearrangement of bad eggs can ever make a good omelette. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

Ever stop to think and forget to start again? (references; author: unknown)

No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection. (references; author: unknown)

Don't ever slam a door. You may want to go back. (references; author: unknown)

Tongue Twisters

I'm a sheet slitter. I slit sheets. I am the best sheet slitter that ever slit a sheet. (references; author: unknown)

Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat's felt. (references; author: unknown)

The sawingest saw I ever saw saw was the saw I saw saw in Arkansas. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

If Ever Two Were One (1974)

Happy Ever After (1974)

Would I Ever Like to Work (1974)

The Sexiest Story Ever Told (1973)

Did You Ever Hear That Cricket Sound? (1971)

Song Titles

Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (performing artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips)

The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) (performing artist: Juice Newton)

If Ever You're In My Arms Again (performing artist: Peabo Bryson)

Forever & Ever Amen (performing artist: Randy Travis)

She's All I Ever Had (performing artist: Ricky Martin)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Ever

DomainTitle

References

  • Ever Fortune Industrial Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  • Ever Shine Textile P.T.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Terrorist: The Inside Story of the Highest-Ranking Iraqi Terrorist Ever to Defect to the West (reference)

  • Bug Tales : The 99 Most Hilarious, Outrageous and Touching Tributes Ever Compiled About the Car that Became a Cultural Icon (reference)

  • The Most Incredible, Outrageous, Packed-To-The-Gills Bulging-At-The-Seams Sticker Book You'Ve Ever Seen (reference)

  • The Best Jokes Minnie Pearl Ever Told: (Plus Some That She Overheard!) (reference)

  • Mentoring: The Most Obvious Yet Overlooked Key to Achieving More in Life than You Ever Dreamed Possible (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Ever

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Flow chart showing Reclassification of AIDS Cases Ever Classified as Risk Not Identified through 1996, United States. Credit: CDC.

The recently refurbished Hubble telescope obtained the sharpest view of Mars ever taken from ... Credit: NASA.

This Hubble telescope image shows one of the most complex planetary nebulae ever seen, NGC ... Credit: NASA.

Elsa DeWind, long-time resident of Lovango Cay Mrs. DeWind came from New York City in the 1930's Married a native fisherman and lived happily ever after. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

NOAA aerial photography of damage caused by Hurricane Camille Camille was one of the most powerful hurricanes to ever strike the United States. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A salty dog if I ever saw one plays the harmonica on a warm Kodiak day. Credit: Fisheries.

The first fish a young boy had ever caught - an undersized red drum. Too bad it's too small to keep. Credit: Fisheries.

3-Dimensional image of Monterey Canyon system, Pioneer and Guide Seamounts, and approximately 9,000 square nautical miles of continental slope area. This image was derived from approximately 4,000,000 soundings acquired by the NOAA Exclusiv e Economic Zone Mapping Project. At the time this was made, it was the largest computer-generated 3-D view of the seafloor ever generated by multi-beam data. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 57. Puhler sounder, described by Christian Puhler in 1563, repeated an idea first put forth by Cardinal Nicholas Pusanus a century earlier. The principle, was to attach a float to a weight making it heavier than water. Upon striking bottom, the float would detach. Depth would be derived from round- trip travel time. It is unknown if this device was ever field tested. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

After a 36-year campaign, cattle fever ticks were finally declared eradicated from the United States in 1943. Today, the only remaining area where these ticks are found is a narrow strip of land along the Texas-Mexico border that has been quarantined ever since 1938. These cattle are going through a tick treatment bath at an APHIS facility in McAllen, Texas. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Ever
 

"Keyboard" by John B
Commentary: "Just a guy typing on a keyboard hope it helps out who ever uses it l2oot."
"Rise and Shine NY" by Aren Marcoosi
Commentary: "This was the first shot i ever took with my Canon S400."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Ever

AuthorQuotation

Ann Landers

Nobody ever drowned in his own sweat.

Benjamin Franklin

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Biggest damfool mistake I ever made.

George Herbert

Was ever grief like mine?

Horace

The covetous man is ever in want.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The world remains ever the same.

Samuel Johnson

No man was ever great by imitation.

Solon

I grow old ever learning many things.

Sterne

The best hearts are ever the bravest.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Ever

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Laws therefore human, of what kind so ever, are available by consent. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Constitution

1791

Clause 3: The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. (reference)

Communist Manifesto

1848

But it ever rises up again, stronger, firmer, mightier. (reference)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

To separate them from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Ever

TitleAuthorQuote

Winnie the Pooh

A.A. Milne

Promise me, Pooh, that you won't forget me ever, because if I thought you would, I wouldn't leave

Emma

Austen, Jane

Had you witnessed my behaviour there, I can hardly suppose you would ever have thought well of me again

A Grief Observed

C.S. Lewis

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

The whole skein of thought was tangled worse than ever.

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

And in the very wonder of this, it would be itself again, distinct and clear as ever.

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

If sages were ever wise in their own behoof, I might have foreseen all this

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

But of all these occasions, it must be said, none had ever been anything like that which was now presented

Alexander's Feast

John Dryden

Bacchus, ever fair and ever young

In the Beauty of the Lilies

John Updike

Vagueness and procrastination are ever a comfort to the frail in spirit

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

The torment of fire is the greatest torment to which the tyrant has ever subjected his fellowcreatures

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ever

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

No cases have ever been reported. (references)

Lyme disease is rarely, if ever, fatal. (references)

A. Lyme disease is rarely, if ever, fatal. (references)

Business

None of those allegations has ever been proven. (references)

Average citizens go about their daily lives with more personal freedom than ever before. (references)

More females are drinking beer than ever before and they are choosing a premium product. (references)

Children

Greece

Police believe that this was the largest child exploitation ring ever uncovered in the country. (references)

Ghana

Additionally children's attendance at school is not enforced regularly by government authorities and parents are rarely, if ever, sanctioned for keeping their children out of school. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Students of different ethnic groups may share the school building, but they attend class on different floors or use the facility in shifts without ever actually interacting with other students or teachers of a different ethnic group. (references)

Civil Liberties

Taiwan

The Government also revised regulations to permit PRC journalists to come to Taiwan for the first time ever. (references)

Botswana

Except for the Unification Church, there is no indication that any religious organization ever has been denied registration. (references)

Greece

In most criminal defamation cases, the defendant typically was released on bail pending appeal, and no jail time was ever served. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

However, this penalty has seldom, if ever, been applied. (references)

Dominican Rep

It reached the highest export level ever (US$53.8 million). (references)

Mauritius

No Mauritian government has ever nationalized any industry. (references)

Human Rights

Belarus

The authorities seldom, if ever, punished those who committed such abuses. (references)

Estonia

By midyear the prison population was 4,823 inmates, the highest it had ever been. (references)

Peru

Failure to be certified disqualifies a judge or prosecutor from ever working in that capacity again. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

Members of the security forces rarely, if ever, are held accountable for such abuses. (references)

ALGERIA

The country's hydrocarbon revenues for 2000 reached US$ 22 billion, the highest level ever. (references)

Bahamas

No serious political movement in Bahamian history has ever advocated the nationalization of foreign property. (references)

Political Rights

Lebanon

No woman has ever held a cabinet position. (references)

Pakistan

Thirty-five women, more than ever before, campaigned for seats in the 1997 national elections. (references)

Ghana

Although all M.P.'s can introduce bills, no one has ever done so; however, some have introduced motions. (references)

Trade

Denmark

Eximbank financing is available but rarely, if ever, used. (references)

Uae

The development in the GCC of projects seeking financing is growing ever broader. (references)

Cyprus

These developments are helping U.S. exports to Cyprus become more competitive than ever. (references)

Travel

Spain

Neither group has ever targeted a U.S. citizen. (references)

Uae

Business meetings are rarely, if ever, held on Thursday afternoon or Friday which UAE nationals value as family time. (references)

Australia

In 1998, the average rate was A$1 to US$0.63; in 1999, A$1 to US$0.64; and in 2000, the average rate was approximately A$1 to US$0.59 (as of the writing of this report, the rate is at its lowest level ever experienced, with an average rate for 2001 of US$0.52). Travelers checks are accepted widely. (references)

Women

Georgia

Sexual harassment in the workplace rarely, if ever, is investigated. (references)

Egypt

Among those who have been beaten, less than half have ever sought help. (references)

Uruguay

The law prohibits sexual harassment in the workplace; however, few complaints ever are filed under this provision because it is not perceived as a problem. (references)

Worker Rights

India

These rules seldom are obeyed, if ever. (references)

Pakistan

As of year's end, no one has ever received the maximum penalty. (references)

Afghanistan

An insignificant fraction of the work force has ever labored in an industrial setting. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

OLEAGINOUS, adj. Oily, smooth, sleek. Disraeli once described the manner of Bishop Wilberforce as "unctuous, oleaginous, saponaceous." And the good prelate was ever afterward known as Soapy Sam. For every man there is something in the vocabulary that would stick to him like a second skin. His enemies have only to find it.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Ever

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Angela Ricci

Well, heartbroken for the Smart family. The only one he ever really spoke of was Ed. He didn't go on about the girls.

Dennis Miller

Now because of technology we can go through the entire day without ever talking to a single living person.

Don Hewitt

Yeah, but I got to tell you, in a nutshell, that night of the presidential debate was the worst night that ever happened in American politics.

John Hartmann

Never, ever. I mean, Phil was a middle child. They're usually more humble and more subdued. And his comedic talents didn't really emerge until high school.

Priscilla Presley

Right. So maybe now, more than ever, if there was to be anyone that understood my situation, it would be my daughter.

Robert Wagner

That's one of the nicest ladies I've ever known in my life, Joanne. She's just one of the most wonderful people.

Rush Limbaugh

Just ask yourself when the federal budget has ever become smaller.

Tim McGraw

Watched him pitch. It was first time I had ever been out of Louisiana, I think. Might have went to Florida to my grandmothers maybe once before.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Ever

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Finding themselves safely at home, it would be utterly immaterial whether they had ever been abroad.

Herbert C. Hoover

1929-1933Through liberation from widespread poverty we have reached a higher degree of individual freedom than ever before.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Business can in the future pay higher wages and sell for lower prices than ever before.

Dwight Eisenhower

1953-1961May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Average farm income is higher than ever.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Our alliances are stronger than ever.

George Bush

1989-1993It's a letter servicemen write--and hope will never, ever be sent.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Americans living longer than ever must save more than ever.

George W. Bush

2001-2005Only by acknowledging poor performance can we ever help schools to achieve.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Ever

"Ever" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.97% of the time. "Ever" is used about 25,877 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)99.97%25,868318
Unclassified Items0.03%9117,287
                    Total100.00%25,877N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Ever

CountryNameCountryName
Indonesia

Ever Shine Textile P.T.

Taiwan

Ever Fortune Industrial Co. Ltd.

 (more examples...)  

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Ever

Expressions using "ever": as ever be for ever asking for ever after ever after his childhood Ever and anon ever anon ever end again ever faster ever frost Ever in one Ever is one ever ready ever since Ever so ever such For ever For ever and a day for ever and ever Forever and ever go on for ever hardly ever how can i ever repay you? nobody would ever expect not ever or ever scarcely ever since ever to one and his heirs for ever well! did you ever hear such a thing? who has ever heard smth. like that? why ever not? yours ever. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "ever": ever-absorbing, ever-accommodating, ever-active, ever-adaptable, ever-advancing, ever-after, ever-alert, ever-ambiguous, ever-amiable, ever-anxious, ever-appeasing, ever-approachable, ever-attractive, ever-beaming, ever-bearing, ever-beating, ever-beckoning, ever-benevolent, ever-better, ever-bigger, ever-bored, ever-boyish, ever-branching, ever-brightening, ever-brighter, ever-broadening, ever-bulging, ever-buoyant, ever-burgeoning, ever-burning, ever-busy, ever-capable, ever-caring, ever-cautious, ever-changing, ever-cheerful, ever-circulating, ever-closer, ever-comforting, ever-consistent, ever-continuing, ever-controversial, ever-cordial, ever-courteous, ever-crackling, ever-creative, ever-crowded, ever-curious, ever-cynical, ever-dangerous, ever-dapper, ever-decorative, ever-decreasing, ever-deepening, ever-deeper, ever-dependable, ever-desperate, ever-developing, ever-diminishing, ever-disappearing, ever-divorcing, ever-drawing-near, ever-dwindling, ever-earlier, ever-earnest, ever-ebullient, ever-elusive, ever-enterprising, ever-escalating, ever-escaping, ever-evolving, Ever-exes, ever-expanding, ever-extending, ever-facetious, ever-faithful, ever-falling, ever-familiar, ever-fancier, ever-faster, ever-feckless, ever-fertile, ever-fewer, ever-finer, ever-flickering, ever-flowing, ever-fluctuating, ever-formidable, ever-fresh, ever-generous, ever-greater, ever-green, ever-greens, ever-growing, ever-handy, ever-hardening, ever-helpful, ever-hidden, ever-higher, ever-historical, ever-hopeful, ever-hospitable, ever-humble, ever-hungry, ever-imminent, ever-important, ever-improved, ever-improving, ever-incisive, ever-increased, ever-increasing, ever-increasingly, ever-industrious, ever-inquisitive, ever-intensifying, ever-inventive, ever-labelled, ever-larger, ever-lasting, ever-later, ever-lengthening, ever-longer, ever-loosening, ever-loudening, ever-louder, ever-lovely, ever-loving, ever-loyal, ever-lurking, ever-married, ever-mated, ever-mobile, ever-more, ever-more-irrational, ever-more-populous, ever-more-shadowy, ever-mounting, ever-moving, ever-narrowing, ever-nearer, ever-nervous, ever-new, ever-observant, ever-open, ever-open purse, ever-optimistic, ever-patient, ever-persistent, ever-pleasant, ever-popular, ever-precarious, ever-present, ever-presents, ever-progressing, ever-protective, ever-prudent, ever-publicity-conscious, ever-puzzling, ever-questing, ever-rancorous, ever-ready, ever-receding, ever-recurring, ever-relevant, ever-reliable, ever-reluctant, ever-renewed, ever-renewing, ever-repeated, ever-repeating, ever-resounding, ever-resourceful, ever-responsive, ever-restless, ever-returning, ever-righteous, ever-rising, ever-rolling, ever-rotting, ever-ruling, ever-rumbling, ever-scarcer, ever-scrolling, ever-shaded, ever-shaping, ever-sharp, ever-sharpening, ever-sharper, ever-shifting, ever-shrinking, ever-shut, ever-silver, ever-smaller, ever-smiling, ever-so, ever-so-desperate, ever-so-diplomatic, ever-so-english, ever-so-ever-so, ever-so-hot, ever-so-proper, ever-so-respectable, ever-so-slightly, ever-so-slowly, ever-so-sorry, ever-so-thin, ever-spellbinding, ever-steady, ever-steeper, ever-strengthening, ever-stricter, ever-stronger, ever-sulky, ever-swifter, ever-thickening, ever-thinning, ever-threatening, ever-tightening, ever-tighter, ever-tougher, ever-true, ever-unravelling, ever-unstable, ever-vengeful, ever-vigilant, ever-visible, ever-wagging, ever-waiting, ever-wasting, ever-watchful, ever-weakening, ever-welcome, ever-westward, ever-widening, ever-wider, ever-worsening, ever-young, ever-younger, ever-youthful.

Ending with "ever": best-ever, biggest-ever, fastest-ever, first-ever, greatest-ever, highest-ever, largest-ever, last-ever, longest-ever, lowest-ever, worst-ever, youngest-ever.

Containing "ever": happy-ever-after.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ever

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

ever quest

8,435

ever quest skin

105

ever quest online adventure

509

have you ever been in love

105

ever quest 2

471

the coldest winter ever

98

have you ever

458

ever quest ii

95

ever quest map

324

the first time ever i saw your face

91

ever after

311

blazing ever lyrics paul sean

89

4 ever on

249

ever quest download

88

ever quest quest

221

ever have lyrics

88

ever

220

ever quest plat

87

ever quest caster realm

219

ever quest auction

87

ever quest platinum

211

ever quest spells

86

ever quest online

208

adventure ever map online quest

83

the best sex ever

198

ever quest vault

83

ever quest ui

196

ever quest necromancer

80

ever quest cheat

193

annoying ever most site web

79

ever quest guilds

155

ever instant messenger quest

76

brandy ever have lyrics

136

ever quest guide

74

alakazam ever quest

119

happily ever after

74

best song ever

116

unhappily ever after

73

ever quest ranger

112

ever quest monk

73
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Ever

Language Translations for "ever"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

eers (at, at some time, first, first of all, firstly, sometime), eendag (at, at some time, sometime). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

gjithmonë (always, as usual, aye, evermore, night and day, perennially, perpetually). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏فى زمانك, ‏فى أى وقت, ‏أى وقت, ‏أبدا (always, at all, eternally, never, no, no way, not a bit, not at all, not in the least, not on your life), ‏دائما (always, constantly, evermore, for aye, for ever, forever, permanently). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

когато и да е (whenever), винаги (all the time, always, aye, invariably, uniformly), някога (erst, erstwhile, formerly, in the olden times, of yore, once, once upon a time, previously, sometime, whilom), постоянно (constantly, every moment, habitually, invariably, minutely, perennially, permanently, steadily, uniformly). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

曾经, (already, flavor, formerly, indicator of past tense, once, test, to taste), (always, common, constant, frequently, general, often). (various references)

   

Czech

  

vùbec (at all, besides, whatsoever), nikdy (never), nìkdy (at times, once, sometime, sometimes). (various references)

   

Danish

  

nogensinde (at some time, sometime). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wel eens (at some time, several times, sometime, sometimes), ooit (at some time, sometime), eens (at some time, on occasion, once, one time, sometime, sometimes), eenmaal (at some time, once, one time, sometime). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

iam (at some time, sometime), ĉiam (always). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

einaferð (at some time, on occasion, once, sometime, sometimes), onkuntíð (at some time, sometime), altíð (always). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

هیچ (Any, Naught, Never, Nil, Nix, None, Nothing, Nought, Nowise, Whit, Zero), همیشه (Always, Still), همواره (Always, On), هرگز (Neer, Never), اصلا (Nix, None), درهرصورت (Anyhow, Anyway). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

aina (always, constantly, invariably). (various references)

   

French

  

toujours (evermore). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ea (at some time, sometime), hieltiten (always), altyd (always), altiten (always). (various references)

   

German

  

jemals (at some time, sometime), je (a, an, at some time, at the rate of, each, per, pro, sometime, the), allzeit (always). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καμιά φορά, πάντα (always, everything, forever, invariably), πάντοτε (always, aye, every time), ποτέ (at no point, at no time, never), ενίοτε (occasionally, sometimes, whiles). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

gjithnjë (always), gjithmonë (always), gjithherë (always). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

תמיד (always, constantly, continually), אי פעם (sometime), בכלל (at all, generally, in general). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mindig (all the time, always, at all times, evermore, invariably), valaha (as ever, ci-devant, erst, in the world, it's many a day, Lane, once, sometime). (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

alltaf (always), ætíð (always), ávallt (always). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

sesungguhnya (absolute, factual, truly, virtual), selalu (always, continual), pernah (be related in a certain way, once). (various references)

   

Irish

  

i dtólamh (always), i (a, always, in, inside, into, on, within), go buan (always), go brÚch (always), gcónaí (always), choíche (always), ar fad (always). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sempre (all the time, always, aye, evermore, forever, still, throughout). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

苟も (any, at all, even in a slight degree, in the least), 曾て (before, ex-, former, formerly, never, once), (ex-, former, formerly, never, once before), エネルギー問題 (apron, apron stage, effect, effective, effector, effects, energy, energy problems, ephedrine, epic, epicurean, epigone, epigram, epigraph, epilogue, episode, episteme, epitaph, epitaxy, Epson, evaluation, evaluator, evangelist, evaporated milk, event, ever onward, Everest, Everglaze, evergreen, Everpleats, Everwhite, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, FM, FM tuner, foam rubber, frequency modulation, Jehovah, rapier, special version of a product with features that allow it to be used for evaluation, tags attached to industrial equipment when defects or malfunctions are discovered), 嘗て (once), (endless, eternity, immortality, perpetuity). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そう (all, aspect, bed, cellar, class, conception, countenance, depository, destroy, elevator, ex-, feel pain, former, formerly, general, go around, godown, granary, gross, idea, layer, magazine, monk, never, once before, originate, phase, priest, seam, start, stream, suffer, thought, to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to become married, to comply with, to follow, to marry, to meet, to run along, to satisfy, to suit, treasury, warehouse, whole), かつて (before, ex-, former, formerly, never, once), かって (before, ex-, former, formerly, kitchen, never, once, one's own convenience, one's way, selfishness), いやしくも (any, at all, even in a slight degree, in the least), エバー , とこ (alcove, bed, endless, padding, sickbed), (altar of sacrifice, ancestor, ex-, forefather, former, formerly, never, once before, prime, progenitor). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

이제까지. (various references)

   

Lombard

  

semper (always). (various references)

   

Manx

  

veih shoh magh (hence, henceforth), 'vaght, sheer- (amaranthine, ceaseless, constant, constantly, continual, continuous, deathless, endless, interminable, lastingly, never ceasing, perennial, permanent, permanently, perpetual, perpetually, persistent, persistently, prefix continuous, timeless, undying, unending), rieau (always, never), dy bra (never). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

stadig, noensinne, alltid (invariably). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

semper (always), sèmper (always). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

everay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

zawsze (always), kiedyś (at some time, sometime). (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

sempre (always, at all times, aye, evermore). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

totdeauna (always, aye, continually). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

когда-либо, всегда (all along, always, ever [], night and day, perennially, right along). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

sìor (long, perpetual), riamh (a drill, always; used only of past time : bha e, before), bràth (deceive, ever : gu bràth, judgement, judgment). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

uvek (always, aye), uopšte (all: at all, generally, large: in large, overall), ikad (time: at any time). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

siempre (always, aye, constantly, continually, continuously, each time, forever), alguna vez. (various references)

   

Sranan

  

alaten (always). (various references)

   

Swahili

  

sikuzote (always), o -ote (at all). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

någonsin (at some time, sometime), alltid (always, at all times, everytime, invariable). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

palagì (always), lagì (always). (various references)

   

Thai

  

เคย, ตลอด (over). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

her zaman (all along, all the time, always, any old time, any time, at all times, evermore, every time, for ever, invariably, routinely). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

колись (afore, aforetime, at one time, before, before now, erst, formerly, once, one day, sometime, sometimes), коли-небудь (anywhen, some day, sometime), завжди (all along, always, anytime, anywhen, at all times, ay, aye, evermore). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thật là, từng luôn luôn, lắm (clinking, dogged, gey, highly, jolly, lousy, mighty, precious, preciously, very), bao giờ; từ trước đến giờ; hàng. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

erioed (never, sometime), byth (aye, eternity, for ever, sometime). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

laylie (always). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ever

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

1. al. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

semper. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Ever

LanguageDateSourceJohn Chapter 15, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEan taV entolaV mou thrhshte meneite en th agaph mou kaqwV egw taV entolaV tou patroV mou tethrhka kai menw autou en th agaph
Latin405VulgateSi praecepta mea servaveritis manebitis in dilectione mea sicut et ego Patris mei praecepta servavi et maneo in eius dilectione
Old English990West SaxonGyf ge mine be-bode ge-healdeð. gewuniað on minre lufe. Swa ic ge-heoldmines fæder beboda. & ic wuniga on hislufa.
Middle English1395WyclifIf ye kepen my comaundementis, ye schulen dwelle in my loue; as Y haue kept the comaundementis of my fadir, and Y dwelle in his loue.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleYf ye shall kepe my comaudemetes ye shall byde in my love eve as I have kept my fathers comaundementes and byde in his love.
Jacobean English1611King JamesIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Victorian English1833WebsterIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
Basic English1964OgdenIf you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Ever

LanguageJohn Chapter 15, Verse 10
CebuanoKon tumanon ninyo ang akong sugo, magapabilin kamo sa akong gugma, maingon nga gituman ko ang mga sugo sa akong Amahan ug nagapabilin ako diha sa iyang gugma.
Chinese你 們 若 遵 守 我 的 命 令 、 就 常 在 我 的 愛 裡 . 正 如 我 遵 守 了 我 父 的 命 令 、 常 在 他 的 愛 裡 。
CroatianBudete li èuvali moje zapovijedi, ostat æete u mojoj ljubavi; kao što sam i ja èuvao zapovijedi Oca svoga te ostajem u ljubavi njegovoj.
DanishDersom I holde mine Befalinger, skulle I blive i min Kærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kærlighed.
DutchIndien gij Mijn geboden bewaart, zo zult gij in Mijn liefde blijven; gelijkerwijs Ik de geboden Mijns Vaders bewaard heb, en blijf in Zijn liefde.
FinnishJos te pidätte minun käskyni, niin te pysytte minun rakkaudessani, niinkuin minä olen pitänyt Isäni käskyt ja pysyn hänen rakkaudessaan.
FrenchSi vous gardez mes commandements, vous demeurerez dans mon amour, de même que j`ai gardé les commandements de mon Père, et que je demeure dans son amour.
GermanSo ihr meine Gebote haltet, so bleibet ihr in meiner Liebe, gleichwie ich meines Vaters Gebote halte und bleibe in seiner Liebe.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariKalau kalian menjalankan perintah-perintah-Ku, kalian tetap setia kepada kasih-Ku, sama seperti Aku tetap setia kepada kasih Bapa karena menjalankan perintah-perintah-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaJikalau kamu menurut segala hukum-Ku, niscaya kamu akan tetap di dalam kasih-Ku, sama seperti Aku sudah menurut segala hukum Bapa-Ku dan tetaplah di dalam kasih-Nya.
ItalianSe osserverete i miei comandamenti, rimarrete nel mio amore, come io ho osservato i comandamenti del Padre mio e rimango nel suo amore.
MaoriKi te pupuri koutou i aku ture, ka u koutou ki toku aroha: me ahau hoki kua pupuri nei i nga ture a toku Matua, ka u nei ki tona aroha.
NorwegianDersom I holder mine bud, da blir I i min kjærlighet, likesom jeg har holdt min Faders bud og blir i hans kjærlighet.
PortugueseSe guardardes os meus mandamentos, permanecereis no meu amor; do mesmo modo que eu tenho guardado os mandamentos de meu Pai, e permaneço no seu amor.   
RumanianDacq pqziyi poruncile Mele, veyi rqmknea kn dragostea Mea, dupq cum wi Eu am pqzit poruncile Tatqlui Meu, wi rqmkn kn dragostea Lui.
RussianеУМЙ ЪБРПЧЕДЙ нПЙ УПВМАДЕФЕ, РТЕВХДЕФЕ Ч МАВЧЙ нПЕК, ЛБЛ Й с УПВМАМ ЪБРПЧЕДЙ пФГБ нПЕЗП Й РТЕВЩЧБА Ч еЗП МАВЧЙ.
ShuarWinia Aparu akupkamurin umiakun tuke ni aneamurintjai. Núnisrumek winia akupkamur umiakrumka tuke winia aneamur átatrume' Tímiayi.
SpanishSi guardáis mis mandamientos, permaneceréis en mi amor; como yo también he guardado los mandamientos de mi Padre y permanezco en su amor.
SwahiliMkizishika amri zangu mtakaa katika pendo langu, kama vile nami nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake.
SwedishOm I hållen mina bud, så förbliven I i min kärlek, likasom jag har hållit min Faders bud och förbliver i hans kärlek.
UmaAne nituku' -mi hawa' -ku, tida mpu'u-koi mohu' hi Aku' pai' nirasai mpu'u ahi' -ku, hewa Aku' wo'o mpotuku' hawa' Tuama-ku pai' -a tida mohu' hi Hi'a pai' mporasai ahi' -na.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Ever

Derivations

Words beginning with "ever": everblooming, everduring, everglade, everglades, evergreen, evergreens, everlasting, everlastingly, everlastingness, everlastingnesses, everlastings, evermore, eversible, eversion, eversions, evert, everted, everting, evertor, evertors, everts, every, everybody, everyday, everydayness, everydaynesses, everyman, everymen, everyone, everyplace, everything, everyway, everywhere, everywoman, everywomen. (additional references)

Words ending with "ever": achiever, believer, cantilever, clever, disbeliever, dissever, enfever, fever, forever, griever, however, howsoever, lever, liever, misbeliever, never, nonbeliever, overachiever, reliever, retriever, riever, sever, soever, superachiever, unbeliever, underachiever, weever, whatever, whatsoever, whencesoever, whenever, whensoever, wheresoever, wherever, whichever, whichsoever, whithersoever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosesoever, whosever, whosoever. (additional references)

Words containing "ever": achievers, antevert, anteverted, anteverting, anteverts, asseverate, asseverated, asseverates, asseverating, asseveration, asseverations, asseverative, believers, beverage, beverages, bouleversement, bouleversements, cantilevered, cantilevering, cantilevers, cheveron, cheverons, cleverer, cleverest, cleverish, cleverly, cleverness, clevernesses, deverbal, deverbative, deverbatives, disbelievers, disseverance, disseverances, dissevered, dissevering, disseverment, disseverments, dissevers, echeveria, echeverias, enfevered, enfevering, enfevers, fevered, feverfew, feverfews, fevering, feverish, feverishly, feverishness. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Ever" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ayivor, dver, eaver, eavier, eber, Eberz, eder, eeer, eev, Eeva, efor, efra, eher, Eier, Eivor, eivver, eker, eler, ener, Envers, eper, eqve, erer, erev, Eser, eter, euer, euere, eueri, evac, evah, evaire, evar, evay, eved, eveer, eveers, evei, evel, everi, evers, evex, evey, evi, evia, evid, evie, Evig, evim, evio, evip, eviq, evir, evo, evoc, Evoe, evor, Evora, evr, evra, evret, Evteev, evu, evum, evvah, evw, exer, exerp, Eyer, Ezeer, fver, Gever, ieve, ivar, iver, i'ver, Ivere, ivre, ivver, Jever, oever, oevre, pever, pevero, sver, uve, veerp, ver, verr, vre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ever"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ever" (pronounced e"ver)
3e" v erendeavor, endeavour, clever, forever, haver, however, lever, never, sever, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever.
2-v erdriver, drover, engraver, achiever, antitakeover, aver, beaver, believer, Bolivar, braver, cabdriver, cadaver, caregiver, carryover, Carver, caver, changeover, cleaver, clover, cover, craver, crossover, Culver, deliver, discover, disfavor, dissolver, diver, downriver, Favor, fervor, fever, Flavor, giver, Glover, graver, griever, groover, handover, hangover, hardcover, holdover, hover, Laver, layover, leaver, leftover, lifesaver, liver, lover, makeover, maneuver, moreover, mover, nonbeliever, observer, outmaneuver, over, passover, paver, preserver, pushover, quicksilver, quiver, raver, Reaver, receiver, recover, rediscover, reliever, remover, retriever, revolver, river, rollover, saver, savor, screwdriver, server, shaver, shiver, Shover, Shriver, silver, siver, skiver, sliver, solver, spillover, stiver, stopover, stover, survivor, takeover, turnover, uncover, underachiever, undercover, upriver, voiceover, waiver, waver, weaver, woodcarver.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Ever

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: veer.

Words within the letters "e-e-r-v"

-1 letter: ere, eve, ree, rev, vee.

-2 letters: er, re.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-r-v"
 

+1 letter: breve, elver, evert, every, fever, lever, nerve, never, reave, reeve, reive, revel, revet, revue, serve, sever, veers, veery, verge, verse, verve, vexer.

 

+2 letters: averse, beaver, breves, brevet, chevre, clever, corvee, delver, derive, elvers, envier, evader, evener, everts, eviler, evoker, fevers, greave, grieve, heaver, laveer, leaver, levers, levier, liever, nerved, nerves, oeuvre, overed, pareve, prevue, reaved, reaver, reaves, reeved, reeves, regave, regive, reived, reiver, reives, releve, relive, remove, repave, reveal, revels, reverb, revere, revers, revert, revery, revest, revets, review, revile, revise, revive, revoke, revote, revues, revved, rewove, riever, served, server, serves, severe, severs, soever, swerve, trevet, vealer, veered, veiler, veiner, velure, vender, veneer, venery, venire, venter, verged, verger, verges, verier, verite, vermes, versed, verser, verses, verset, verste, vertex, verves, vervet, vesper, vetoer, vexers, viewer, weaver, weever, wherve.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Images: Digital Art
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Historic
10. Quotations: Fiction
11. Quotations: Non-fiction
12. Quotations: Spoken
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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