Meaning
2 senses(colloquial, countable)An extremely long time.
I haven't seen him in forever!
It took me forever to make up my mind.
(colloquial, poetic, uncountable)A mythical time in the future that will never come.
Sure, I'd be happy to meet with you on the 12th of forever.
Examples
745 sentencesI hope you'll be happy forever.
Сподіваюся, що ти завжди будеш щасливий. — deniko
ruНадеюсь, ты будешь счастлив всегда. — odexed
I don't want to live forever.
Я не хочу жити вічно. — deniko
ruЯ не хочу жить вечно. — odexed
deIch will nicht ewig leben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Do you want to live forever?
Ти хочеш жити вічно? — deniko
ruТы хочешь жить вечно? — marafon
Would you like to live forever?
Ти б хотів жити вічно? — deniko
ruВы бы хотели жить вечно? — Wezel
deWürdest du gerne ewig leben? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Humans were never meant to live forever.
Люди не можуть жити вічно. — uaspeaker
ruЛюди не могут жить вечно. — Ann74
deDie Menschen waren nie dazu gedacht, ewig zu leben. — MUIRIEL
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: foreversLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- live forever
- stay here forever
- to live forever
- last forever
- won't last forever
- take forever
- take forever to
- would last forever
- goes on forever
- secret forever
- friends forever
- together forever
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.