- (British English also for ever)used to say that a particular situation or state will always exist
- I'll love you forever!
- After her death, their lives changed forever.
- Just keep telling yourself that it won't last forever.
- The local dairy industry will soon be lost forever.
- The final death toll may forever remain a mystery.
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- (British English also for ever)(informal) a very long time
- It takes her forever to get dressed.
- Where have you been? I've been waiting forever!
- (informal) used with verbs in the progressive tenses to say that somebody does something very often and in a way that is annoying to other people
- She's forever going on about how poor they are.
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