forever

[fawr-ev-er, fer-] /fɔrˈɛv ər, fər-/

adverb

without ever ending; eternally:

to last forever.

continually; incessantly; always:

He's forever complaining.

noun

an endless or seemingly endless period of time:

It took them forever to make up their minds.

Idioms

forever and a day, eternally; always:

They pledged to love each other forever and a day.

Origin

1660-70; orig. phrase for ever

Examples from the web for forever

There is no better way to give a gift that will last forever, for the link between scent and memory is everlasting.
In the run-up to war, a photographer trains her camera on a city about to be changed forever.
One taste will probably make you swear off the commercial stuff forever.
Higher oil prices remind drivers that fossil-fuel supplies won't last forever.
Marriage promises that they will live in that place forever.
More resin oozed over the centipede, trapping it forever in what would become a golden, see-through tomb.
It seems that scientists have been struggling forever to make a mechanical heart that really works.
The air is cool, the sky is gray, and you begin to wonder whether winter will last forever.
It takes forever to fill the old-school guns with the t-shaped tab that retains the cap.
He will never be forgotten and through his product his name will live forever.

British Dictionary definitions for forever

/fɔːˈrɛvə; fə-/

adverb

Also for ever. without end; everlastingly; eternally

at all times; incessantly

(informal) for a very long time: he went on speaking forever

noun

(as object) (informal) a very long time: it took him forever to reply

…forever!, an exclamation expressing support or loyalty: Scotland forever!

Usage note

Forever and for ever can both be used to say that something is without end. For all other meanings, forever is the preferred form

Word Origin and History for forever

adv.

late 14c., for ever; from for + ever. One word from late 17c.