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Definitions: Forever |
ForeverAdverb1. For a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Bliss. 2. Seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly; "always looking for faults"; "it is always raining"; "he is forever cracking jokes"; "they are forever arguing". 3. (informal) for a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day". Noun1. Time without end. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "forever" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Note: Forever \For*ev"er\, adverb. [For, preposition. ever.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ForeverSynonyms: always (adv), eternally (adv), everlastingly (adv), evermore (adv), forever and a day (adv), eternity (n), infinity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Action | Phrase: "action is eloquence"; actions speak louder than words; actum aiunt ne agas; "awake, arise, or be forever fall'n"; dii pia facta vident; faire sans dire; fare fac; fronte capillata post est occasio calva; " our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts"; "the great end of life is not knowledge but action "; "thought is the soul of act"; vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir; "we live in deeds not years". |
Perpetuity | Verb: last forever, endure forever, go on forever; have no end. |
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: Forever |
| English words defined with "forever": ageless, All in all, always ♦ consign ♦ endlessly, eternal, everlasting, everlastingness ♦ For ever, For ever and a day, forever and a day, Forever and ever, Frankalmoigne ♦ infinitely ♦ local ♦ perpetual ♦ rash, Retraxit ♦ To renounce probate ♦ unarguably, unceasing, undisputedly, unending ♦ World without end. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "forever": Abracadabra, Admonition ♦ BAPTISM ♦ Everlasting, Excommunication ♦ Frog ♦ habendum clause, halting problem ♦ infinite loop ♦ JESTER ♦ occurs check ♦ soul ♦ WORMS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "forever": Banzai. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Drink from me and you will live forever. (Interview With the Vampire; writing credit: Anne Rice) The temperature topped out at ninety-eight degrees the day our lives were forever altered. (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) The hideousness of that foot will haunt my dreams forever. (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin) Owen, he can't stay here forever, most of his friends have gone. (Star Wars; writing credit: George Lucas) It'll scar you forever. Ready? (Broadcast News; writing credit: James L. Brooks.) | |
Lyrics | Forever and ever and ever and ever and ever (Never Keeping Secrets; performing artist: Babyface; writing credit: Babyface) Say you'll love and love me forever (I Love You Always Forever; performing artist: Donna Lewis) I'm gonna love you forever (I wanna love you forever; performing artist: Jessica Simpson) Let's make it last forever and ever (Make It Last Forever; performing artist: Keith Sweat) Until forever (Forever; performing artist: Mariah Carey) | |
Clever | Humor must not professedly teach and it must not professedly preach, but it must do both if it would live forever. (references; author: Mark Twain) Brain cells come and go, but fat cells live forever. (references; author: unknown) A fair face may fade, but a beautiful soul last forever. (references; author: unknown) Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever. (references; author: unknown) God put me on Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind, I will live forever. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Diamonds Are Forever (1971) Today and Forever! Barbra: Yesterday (1970) On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever (1970) Up Your Legs Forever (1970) | |
Song Titles | I Wanna Love You Forever (performing artist: Jessica Simpson) Forever (performing artist: Kiss) Close My Eyes Forever (performing artist: Lita Ford with Ozzy Osbourne) Forever (performing artist: Mariah Carey) This Night Won't Last Forever (performing artist: Michael Johnson) | |
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 | An employee of NRCS helps students plant a tree that is part of a demonstration riparian buffer in Greene County in west central Iowa. NRCS and other groups helped Trees Forever establish more than 100 such demo sites across Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |  | Left to right: Jim Wooley, Pheasants Forever; Larry Jones, NRCS soil conservationist; and the farm owner discuss wildlife benefits of a grass filter strip on the Maggard farm in Jasper County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts. |
 | Safer Sex forever. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | The stars and stripes forever. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Why, when you're always and forever my poetic model --. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Iowa's choice (?) : Boise and beer forever. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | What every husband knows. Yesterday -- today -- and forever!. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | "Move over - we can't stay in a holding pattern forever" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Paris Exposition 1900 Sousa Band "Stars & Stripes forever". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chas. H. Yale's forever Devil's auction. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Cowley | His time is forever, everywhere his place. |
Euripides | He is not a lover who does not love forever. |
Francois de Malherbe | What Malherbe writes will endure forever. |
Gaius Valerius Catullus | And forever, O my brother, hail and farewell! |
Lord Byron | All farewells should be sudden, when forever. |
Miguel de Cervantes | God bears with the wicked, but not forever. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. |
Virgil | An old story, but the glory of it is forever. |
William Penn | He that lives to forever, never fears dying. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | We have also granted to all freemen of our kingdom, for us and our heirs forever, all the underwritten liberties, to be had and held by them and their heirs, of us and our heirs forever. (reference) |
The Emancipation Proclamation | 1862 | Whereas on the 22nd day of September, A.D. 1862, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the 1st day of January, A.D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom." (Abraham Lincoln) |
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1955) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Hardly is the door touched when a gentle voice is heard from the other side hastily saying, Forever. |
Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ray Bradbury | Those trains and their grieving sounds were lost forever between stations, not remembering where they had been, not guessing where they might go, exhaling their last pale breaths over the horizon, gone. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Like to lay here forever. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I discovered that my house actually had its site in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Once endothelium cells are destroyed by disease or trauma, they are lost forever. (references) | |
Economic History | Philippines | U.S. firms such as Tupperware, Avon, SaraLee, High Desert, Forever Living, Encyclopedia Britannica, Herbalife, Amway and Sunrider, have established distributorship networks in the country. (references) |
Minorities | Moldova | One example was an article in the National Journal on April 10 entitled "Sects in Moldova Recruit Followers by Promising Them Everything, After Which they Separate Them from God Forever." Several representatives of religious groups complained that this article was biased, especially in the way that it focused on the less mainstream groups. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EXCOMMUNICATION, n. This "excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal -- A rite permitting Satan to enslave him Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him. Gat Huckle |
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Dennis Miller | Disparity among nations has been around forever, but only now is there a push to do something about it. |
Katie Couric | Well, you know, not forever and ever. I don't want to be going into the studio with a walker or anything. |
Kevin Kline | Mr. Bell, a word of warning, as the great wit Aristophanes once wrote, roughly translated, youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever. |
Rush Limbaugh | The feminists really lost out forever when the ERA never went anywhere, and they've been bitter ever since. |
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John Adams | 1797-1801 | Here and throughout our country may simple manners, pure morals, and true religion flourish forever! |
James Buchanan | 1857-1861 | Public virtue is the vital spirit of republics, and history proves that when this has decayed and the love of money has usurped its place, although the forms of free government may remain for a season, the substance has departed forever. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Continue to execute all the express provisions of our National Constitution, and the Union will endure forever, it being impossible to destroy it except by some action not provided for in the instrument itself. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Our most immediate task toward that end is to deprive our enemies completely and forever of their power to start another war. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Teddy Roosevelt said that a nation that does great work lives forever. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We must keep our old democracy forever young. |
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| "Forever" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Forever" is used about 1,844 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) | 100% | 1,844 | 4,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| China | Shanghai Forever Co., Ltd. | USA | Forever Enterprises, Inc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "forever": forever and a day ♦ Forever and ever ♦ forever more ♦ forever yours ♦ go on forever ♦ wait forever. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "forever": forever-changing, forever-ish, forever-never. | |
Ending with "forever": diamond-is-forever, live-forever, upstream-forever. | |
| 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 |
star and stripes forever | 2,137 | now and forever | 125 |
forever 21 | 2,136 | forever living product | 123 |
diamond are forever | 1,039 | a diamond is forever.com | 122 |
always and forever | 749 | forever knight | 122 |
forever friend | 621 | fantasy forever | 115 |
forever | 571 | forever lyrics young | 113 |
further seems forever | 539 | no one life forever walk through | 112 |
no one life forever | 460 | forever yours | 108 |
always forever lyrics | 353 | forever lyrics | 108 |
graduation friend forever | 282 | forever flashlight | 107 |
forever young | 274 | door forever | 102 |
no one life forever 2 | 273 | forever friend bear | 96 |
forever further lyrics seems | 248 | forever collectible | 87 |
always forever shania twain | 214 | forever xxi | 87 |
always forever lyrics shania twain | 188 | forever living | 87 |
batman forever | 183 | forever after | 86 |
duke nukem forever | 161 | forever friend lyrics | 85 |
supermodel forever | 148 | pheasant forever | 80 |
2 forever life no one through walk | 145 | no one life forever cheat | 80 |
forever love | 128 | forever omarion | 78 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "forever"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | ewig (eternal, for ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tërë kohës, përjetësi (aeon, Eon, eternity, everlasting, immortality, perpetuity), përgjithmonë (eternally, evermore, for ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إلى الأبد (aye, evermore, for aye), دائما (always, constantly, ever, evermore, for aye, for ever, permanently), بإستمرار (constantly, hourly, on and on, permanently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | навеки (evermore), завинаги (evermore, for ever, for good, outright, permanently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 長 (always, chief, constantly, elder, head, length, long, to develop, to grow), 永远, 永 (eternal), 永 (always, perpetual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìènì (eternally), navždy (for ever, for good), navìky (evermore, for ages, till the end of times), nastálo (for good). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | voor eeuwig (for ever), eeuwig (eternal, everlasting, for ever, perpetual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | eterne (for ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | ævinliga (for ever), æviga (for ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیوسته (Against, Allied, Always, Away, Ceaseless, Concomitant, Contiguous, Continual, Cursive, Eternal, Incessant, Married, Proximate, Uninterrupted), تاابدالاباد, تاابد, جاویدان (Immortal), برای همیشه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | toujours (for aye), sans cesse, pour toujours (for aye, for ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | immer (always, constantly, eternally, ever, throughout, unfailingly, whensoever), für immer (ad infinitum, for ever). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πάντα (always, ever, everything, invariably), αιώνιοσ (agelong, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, sempiternal, timeless, undying), διά πάντοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לעולם (always, for ever), לע" (eternally), לצמיתות (for keeps, permanently), ל צח (always, conquer, defeat, eternally, everlastingly, evermore, for ever, lick, overcome, overpower, perpetually, triumph, vanquish, win), וע" (board, committee), צח (aeon, endurance, eternity, immortality, perpetuity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | örökre (for ever, for good, for keeps, perpetually), örökké (ad infinitum, always, eternally, ever, ever after, evermore, for ever, in perpetuity, jay, to be always meddling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | selamanya. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | per sempre. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 千代 (thousand years, very long period), 千世 (thousand years, very long period), 末長く (long), 末永く , 末始終 (for life), 末代 (in perpetuity), 永永 , 永々 , 幾久しく , 何時までも (as long as one likes, eternally, for good, indefinitely), 尽未来 (eternally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | すえながく (long), すえしじゅう (for life), まつ い (in perpetuity), せ" い (berth, family predecessor, previous age, previous generation, thousand years, very long period), いくひさしく, いつまでも (as long as one likes, eternally, for good, indefinitely), じ"みらい (eternally), ちよ (thousand years, very long period), えいえい (hard, heaving, pulling, unceasing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 영원히. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | er son dy bragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oreverfay para sempre. (various references) pentru totdeauna (for ever, for ever and a day, for ever and ever, for good, for good and all, for keeps, forevermore, outright), pe vecie (for keeps). (various references) навсегда (evermore, for ever, for keeps, for perpetuity, in perpetuity, once and for all, once for all, permanently, to perpetuity). (various references) zauvek (evermore, good: for good), unepovrat. (various references) para siempre (farewell, for aye, for ever, for goods and all, in perpetuity). (various references) för alltid (for ever, for keeps). (various references) sonsuza dek (eternally, everlasting, for ever, forever and ever, forever more, forevermore, to all eternity), ebediyen (ad infinitum, eternally, everlasting, evermore, for ever, for evermore, for perpetuity, in perpetuity, to perpetuity), durmadan (away, continual, continually, continuously, night and day, non-stop, on, on and on, on end, repeatedly, without cease), devamlı (assiduous, away, chronic, continual, continued, continuous, everlasting, evermore, frequent, hourly, in ordinary, incessant, invariable, invariably, lasting, non-stop, on end, permanent, persistent, regular, regularly, settled, steady, sustained, unabating, unbroken, unceasing, unremitting), daima (always, ever, evermore, every time, forever and ever, forever more, forevermore). (various references) mydamalaяyn (for good), dьяpleяin (once and for all), dьяpgцter (once and for all). (various references) вічність (aeon, eternity, everlasting, immortality, perpetuity), назавжди (for ay, for aye, for ever, for good, in perpetuity), безперестану. (various references) vĩnh viễn (ageless, agelong, endless, eternal, eternally, everlasting, indefeasible, perdurable, perennial, perpetual), mãi mãi (ad infinitum, agelong, always, everlasting, evermore, keep, kept, sempiternal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | perpetuo, semper. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | ýavaêtâtaêca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 33 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai basileusei epi ton oikon iakwb eiV touV aiwnaV kai thV basileiaV autou ouk estai teloV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et regnabit in domo Iacob in aeternum et regni eius non erit finis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And he ricsað on ecnesse on Iacobes huse: and hys rices ende ne byþ; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And of his rewme schal be noon ende. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he shall raygne over ye housse of Iacob forever and of his kyngdome shalbe none ende. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He will have rule over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 33 |
| Cebuano | ug iyang pagaharian ang banay ni Jacob hangtud sa kahangturan; ug walay pagkatapus ang iyang gingharian." |
| Croatian | i kraljevat æe nad domom Jakovljevim uvijeke i njegovu kraljevstvu neæe biti kraja." |
| Danish | Og han skal være Konge over Jakobs Hus evindelig, og der skal ikke være Ende på hans Kongedømme." |
| Dutch | En Hij zal over het huis Jakobs Koning zijn in der eeuwigheid, en Zijns Koninkrijks zal geen einde zijn. |
| Finnish | ja hän on oleva Jaakobin huoneen kuningas iankaikkisesti, ja hänen valtakunnallansa ei pidä loppua oleman." |
| French | Il règnera sur la maison de Jacob éternellement, et son règne n`aura point de fin. |
| German | und er wird ein König sein über das Haus Jakob ewiglich, und seines Königreiches wird kein Ende sein. |
| Haitian Creole | La gouvènen pèp Izrayèl la pou tout tan, gouvènman l' lan p'ap janm fini. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dan Ia akan memerintah sebagai raja atas keturunan Yakub selama-lamanya. Kerajaan-Nya tidak akan berakhir." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Ia pun akan menjadi raja atas benih Yakub selama-lamanya, dan kerajaan-Nya itu tiada berkesudahan." |
| Italian | e regner per sempre sulla casa di Giacobbe e il suo regno non avr fine». |
| Manx Gaelic | As nee eh reill harrish thie Yacob gys earishyn foddey beayn, as er e reeriaght cha bee jerrey erbee. |
| Maori | Hei kingi hoki ia mo te whare o Hakopa ake ake; e kore ano e mutu tona rangatiratanga. |
| Norwegian | og han skal være konge over Jakobs hus evindelig, og det skal ikke være ende på hans kongedømme. |
| Rumanian | Va kmpqrqyi peste casa lui Iacov kn veci, wi Kmpqrqyia Lui nu va avea sfkrwit.`` |
| Shuar | Niisha uunt átatui. Nincha "Uunt Nankaamaku Yusa Uchiri" tiartatui. Tura Uunt Yuska yaunchu Tawitian uunt akupniuri awajsamia Núnisan ame Uchirmin ame Shuárumin Israer tutain Uunt akupin awajsattawai. Ni akupeamurisha Yus susamu asa penké amuukashtiniaiti" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Reinará sobre la casa de Jacob para siempre, y de su reino no habrá fin. |
| Swahili | Kwa hivyo atautawala ukoo wa Yakobo milele, na ufalme wake hautakuwa na mwisho." |
| Swedish | Och han skall vara konung över Jakobs hus till evig tid, och på hans rike skall ingen ände vara." |
| Uma | Hi'a jadi' magau' to mpoparentai hawe'ea muli Yakub duu' kahae-hae-na, pai' poparenta-na uma ria kahudua-na." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "forever": forevermore, foreverness, forevernesses, forevers. (additional references) | |
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"Forever" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: farver, florivory, foerer, foever, foreover, forier, formvar, forrader, forve, Foryewe, fraver, Frevel, morever, Ooever. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "forever" (pronounced fere"ver) |
| 3 | -e" v er | clever, endeavor, endeavour, ever, haver, however, lever, never, sever, whatever, whatsoever, whenever, wherever, whichever, whoever, whomever, whomsoever, whosoever. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-f-o-r-r-v" | |
-1 letter: fervor. | |
-2 letters: fever, freer, frere, frore, refer, rover. | |
-3 letters: ever, fere, fore, free, froe, over, reef, rove, veer. | |
-4 letters: ere, err, eve, fee, fer, foe, for, fro, ore, ree, ref, rev, roe, vee, voe. | |
-5 letters: ef, er, oe, of, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-f-o-r-r-v" | |
+1 letter: forevers, overfear, overfree, overrife. | |
+2 letters: feverwort, overbrief, overfears. | |
+3 letters: feverworts, overfeared, overruffed. | |
+4 letters: forevermore, foreverness, overcareful, overfavored, overfearing, overrefined, reformative. | |
+5 letters: overinformed, performative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 6F 72 65 76 65 72 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. --- .-. . ...- . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01101111 01110010 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F o r e v e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 006F 0072 0065 0076 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40818471887184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 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. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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vertaling, transferim, transmetim, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان, транслация, огъване, превод, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, превеждане, 翻译, překlad, oversættelse, translatie, taajuusmuutos, translaatio, traduction, oersetting, Übersetzung, μετάφραση, תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק, fordítás, traduzione, 翻訳 , へい"ういどう, やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, トランスレーション , やくじゅつ, ほ"やくしょ, 번역, tradukshon, tradução, translaţie, tãlmãcire, traducere, сдвиг, трансляция, перемещение, перевод, tumačenje, traducción, översättning, tercüme, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích, trosiad, for translation; Albaans, Albanies, Albaniese taal, shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, Albanyano, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, Albanees, albanskt, albanialainen, Albanais, Albaneesk, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, arbnisht, arbërisht, albán, albanskur, albanska, AlbÚinis, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, Alapania, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець, for Albanian; Arabies, arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arábiskt, arabialainen, arabe, Arabysk, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, 아라비아, Arabish, arabir, arabic, арабский, Arapi, arapski, árabe, arabisk, าษาหรืออักขระอาหรับ, เกี่ยวกับอาระเบีย, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập, for Arabic; Bulgaars, Bulgaar, bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, Búlgaru, български, български език, българин, Bulgaryan, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarskt, bulgarialainen, Bulgaarsk, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bullgar, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, Bułgar, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri, for Bulgarian; Sjinees, Chinees, kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, Chinu, китайски, Ininsik, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kinesiskt, kinverskur, kiinalainen, Chinois, Sineesk, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, Kínverji, Sínis, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Cina, Sheenish, Sheenagh, Hainamana, chines, Chińczyk, chinês, chinés, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, Saina, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, snesi, sneysi, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць, for Chinese; Tsjeggies, Tsjeg, çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, Checu, чешки, Sekoslovakyano, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, tjekkiskt, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tsjechysk, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, Czech, chèc, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc, for Czech; Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, هولندي, اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch; الاسبرانتو لغة دولية, Esperantu, есперанто, 世界语, esperanton, espéranto, εσπεράντο, אספר טו, eszperanto, eszperantó, エスキモー犬 , エスペラント , эсперанто, Eseperano, esperanto, Kiesperanto, าษาที่ประ"ิษฐ์ขึ้นเพื่อใช้เป็น าษากลางในการสื่อสารระหว่างประเทศ ซึ่งรากศัพท์ส่วนใหญ่, esperanto dili, tiếng etperantô, for esperanto; 费罗族, føroyskur, färöisk, färöbo, for Faeroese; Farsi, Parsi, persiskt, Fasi, for Farsi; Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, فرنسي, اللغة الفرنسية, الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French; Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Jood, Hebreeus, Israeliet, hebraishte, يهودي, عبري, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, العبرية, Hebréu, иврит, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, староеврейски език, юдей, 西伯来, 希伯來語 , hebrejský, hebrejka, hebrejec, hebrejština, joods, Hebreeuws, hebraiskt, juutalainen, hébreu, Hebrieusk, hebräisch, hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברית, עברי, zsidó, héber, izraelita, Eabhrais, ebraico, ebreo, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ew, Ewnish, hudiu, hebraico, hebreu, ebrèu, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврейский, еврей, древнееврейский, древнееврейский язык, Eperu, hibru, hebreo, dyu, Myahudi, Yahudi, hebreiska, hebreisk, jude, ชาวฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), าษาฮิบรู (ปัจจุบันคือประเทศอิสราเอลและปาเลสไตน์), musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, іврит, "врейський, "врей, người Hê-brơ, Hebraeg, Hebreaidd, for Hebrew; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Indonesies, indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manský, manština, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, Manninish, Manninagh, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man dili, man adası, менський діалект, менський, for manx; Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; Russies, Rus, الروسية, روسي, اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Sweeds, suedez, اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; Тюркменски Език, turkmener, Turkmeen, Turkmeense, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmene, Turkmenin, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier, for Turkmen; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; Vietnamees, vietnamez, vietnamisht, виетнамски език, виетнамски, Vietnamis, 越南語 , 越南 , 越南语, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamec, vietnamština, vietnameser, vjetmanskt, vietnamilainen, vietnamien, Fjetnameesk, vietnamese, vietnamesisch, Vietnamesin, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, ベトナ 人 , ベトナ じ", 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnam, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt, for Vietnamese; 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