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Definition: Ever |
EverAdverb1. 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) |
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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. |
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(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.
External links
- Vaporware site:
- http://www.vapor.com
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Vaporware."
Synonyms: EverSynonyms: always (adv), e'er (adv), ever so (adv), of all time (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: never (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: Ever |
| English words defined with "ever": ever so ♦ For ever and a day. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ever": Children ever born, Children ever born - fertilit ♦ Or Ever ♦ Seldom 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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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) | |
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) | |
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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. | |
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| "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." |
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| Author | Quotation |
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. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
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. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
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. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(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. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Finding themselves safely at home, it would be utterly immaterial whether they had ever been abroad. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | Through liberation from widespread poverty we have reached a higher degree of individual freedom than ever before. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Business can in the future pay higher wages and sell for lower prices than ever before. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | May we, in our dealings with all peoples of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | For 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 | 1963-1969 | Average farm income is higher than ever. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Our alliances are stronger than ever. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | It's a letter servicemen write--and hope will never, ever be sent. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Americans living longer than ever must save more than ever. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Only by acknowledging poor performance can we ever help schools to achieve. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.97% | 25,868 | 318 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 25,877 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Indonesia | Ever Shine Textile P.T. | Taiwan | Ever Fortune Industrial Co. Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| 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, 嘗 (already, flavor, formerly, indicator of past tense, once, test, to taste), 常 (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), 曾 (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), 常 (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), そ (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. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. al. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | semper. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 15, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean taV entolaV mou thrhshte meneite en th agaph mou kaqwV egw taV entolaV tou patroV mou tethrhka kai menw autou en th agaph |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Si praecepta mea servaveritis manebitis in dilectione mea sicut et ego Patris mei praecepta servavi et maneo in eius dilectione |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Gyf ge mine be-bode ge-healdeð. gewuniað on minre lufe. Swa ic ge-heoldmines fæder beboda. & ic wuniga on hislufa. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If 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 English | 1526 | Tyndale | Yf 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 English | 1611 | King James | If 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 English | 1833 | Webster | If 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 English | 1964 | Ogden | If 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. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 15, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Kon 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 。 |
| Croatian | Budete li èuvali moje zapovijedi, ostat æete u mojoj ljubavi; kao što sam i ja èuvao zapovijedi Oca svoga te ostajem u ljubavi njegovoj. |
| Danish | Dersom I holde mine Befalinger, skulle I blive i min Kærlighed, ligesom jeg har holdt min Faders Befalinger og bliver i hans Kærlighed. |
| Dutch | Indien gij Mijn geboden bewaart, zo zult gij in Mijn liefde blijven; gelijkerwijs Ik de geboden Mijns Vaders bewaard heb, en blijf in Zijn liefde. |
| Finnish | Jos te pidätte minun käskyni, niin te pysytte minun rakkaudessani, niinkuin minä olen pitänyt Isäni käskyt ja pysyn hänen rakkaudessaan. |
| French | Si 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. |
| German | So ihr meine Gebote haltet, so bleibet ihr in meiner Liebe, gleichwie ich meines Vaters Gebote halte und bleibe in seiner Liebe. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau 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 Lama | Jikalau 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. |
| Italian | Se osserverete i miei comandamenti, rimarrete nel mio amore, come io ho osservato i comandamenti del Padre mio e rimango nel suo amore. |
| Maori | Ki 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. |
| Norwegian | Dersom I holder mine bud, da blir I i min kjærlighet, likesom jeg har holdt min Faders bud og blir i hans kjærlighet. |
| Portuguese | Se 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. |
| Rumanian | Dacq pqziyi poruncile Mele, veyi rqmknea kn dragostea Mea, dupq cum wi Eu am pqzit poruncile Tatqlui Meu, wi rqmkn kn dragostea Lui. |
| Russian | еУМЙ ЪБРПЧЕДЙ нПЙ УПВМАДЕФЕ, РТЕВХДЕФЕ Ч МАВЧЙ нПЕК, ЛБЛ Й с УПВМАМ ЪБРПЧЕДЙ пФГБ нПЕЗП Й РТЕВЩЧБА Ч еЗП МАВЧЙ. |
| Shuar | Winia Aparu akupkamurin umiakun tuke ni aneamurintjai. Núnisrumek winia akupkamur umiakrumka tuke winia aneamur átatrume' Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Si guardáis mis mandamientos, permaneceréis en mi amor; como yo también he guardado los mandamientos de mi Padre y permanezco en su amor. |
| Swahili | Mkizishika amri zangu mtakaa katika pendo langu, kama vile nami nilivyozishika amri za Baba yangu na kukaa katika pendo lake. |
| Swedish | Om I hållen mina bud, så förbliven I i min kärlek, likasom jag har hållit min Faders bud och förbliver i hans kärlek. |
| Uma | Ane 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. | |
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) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ever" (pronounced e"ver) |
| 3 | e" v er | endeavor, endeavour, clever, forever, haver, however, lever, never, sever, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever. |
| 2 | -v er | driver, 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. | ||
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. | |
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