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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Forever \For*ev"er\ (f[o^]r*[e^]v"[~e]r), adv. [For, prep. +
     ever.]
     1. Through eternity; through endless ages; eternally.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. At all times; always.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and
           printed as two separate words; but, in the United
           States, the general practice is to make but a single
           word of them.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Forever and ever, an emphatic ``forever.''
  
     Syn: Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably;
          incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly;
          ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly;
          eternally.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Forever \For*ev"er\, adv. [For, prep. + ever.]
     1. Through eternity; through endless ages, eternally.
  
     2. At all times; always.
  
     Note: In England, for and ever are usually written and
           printed as two separate words; but, in the United
           States, the general practice is to make but a single
           word of them.
  
     Forever and ever, an emphatic ``forever.''
  
     Syn: Constantly; continually; invariably; unchangeably;
          incessantly; always; perpetually; unceasingly;
          ceaselessly; interminably; everlastingly; endlessly;
          eternally.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  forever
       adv 1: for a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly
              beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse
              evermore"- P.P.Bliss [syn: everlastingly, eternally,
               evermore]
       2: seemingly without interruption; often and repeatedly;
          "always looking for faults"; "it is always raining"; "he
          is forever cracking jokes"; "they are forever arguing"
          [syn: always]
       3: for a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever
          to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day"
          [syn: forever and a day]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forever
     a.
     permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
     adv.
     1 (lb en duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime;
  for an infinite amount of time.
     2 (lb en duration colloquial hyperbole) For a very long time, a
  seeming eternity.
     n.
     An extremely long time.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  forever
     a.
     permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
     adv.
     1 (lb en duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime;
  for an infinite amount of time.
     2 (lb en duration colloquial hyperbole) For a very long time, a
  seeming eternity.
     n.
     An extremely long time.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  forever
     a.
     permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
     adv.
     1 (lb en duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime;
  for an infinite amount of time.
     2 (lb en duration colloquial hyperbole) For a very long time, a
  seeming eternity.
     n.
     An extremely long time.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  forever
     a.
     permanent, lasting; constant, perpetual.
     adv.
     1 (lb en duration) For all time, for all eternity; for a lifetime;
  for an infinite amount of time.
     2 (lb en duration colloquial hyperbole) For a very long time, a
  seeming eternity.
     n.
     An extremely long time.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forever
     Englanti adv.
     ikuisesti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  forever
     Engelska adv.
     för evigt, för alltid

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  ewig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  إلى الأبد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  1. навеки
  (colloquially) for a very long time
  2. завинаги
  for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  stále

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  pořád

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  navěky

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  navždy

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/ 
  byth 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  ewig, für immer 
        "I wanted that moment to last forever."  - Ich wünschte, dieser Augenblick würde ewig dauern.
        "Many works of art were lost forever."  - Viele Kunstwerke gingen für immer verloren.
     Synonym: for ever
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  immerdar  [geh.]
     Synonym: evermore
  
   see: for now and ever more
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  1. aina
  (colloquially) constantly or frequently
  2. ikuisuus 2.
  (colloquially) for a very long time
   3.
  (colloquially) for an excessively long time
  3. ikuisesti, ikiajoiksi
  for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  1. ikuisuus
  extremely long time
  2. iäisyys
  mythical time in the infinite future

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/ 
  1. सदैव
        "They remained friends forever."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  uvijek, vječno, zauvijek

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  永久, 永遠
  for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  ずっと, 永遠

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  forever /fɔːrevər/
  para sempre, eternamente

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  1. alltid
  (colloquially) constantly or frequently
  2. för alltid, för evigt
  for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  forever //fəˈɹɛvə(ɹ)// //fəˈɹɛvɚ// /[fɔɹˈɛvɚ]/ /[fəˈɹɛvɚ]/ /[fɚˈɛvɚ]/ 
  alltid, evigt

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  forever /fəɹˈɛvə/
  1. (ing) for ever ebediyen daima: mütemadiyen, durmadan. forevermore  ebediyen, ilelebet.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/fɝˈɛvɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "forever":
     ad infinitum, all-comprehensiveness, all-inclusiveness, always,
     an eternity, aye, boundlessly, boundlessness, countlessness,
     endless time, endlessly, endlessness, eternally, eternity, ever,
     ever and again, ever and anon, evermore, exhaustlessness,
     for all time, for aye, for good, for keeps, forever and aye,
     forevermore, illimitability, illimitably, immeasurability,
     immeasurably, immensely, immensity, in all ages, in perpetuity,
     incalculability, incalculably, incomprehensibility,
     incomprehensibly, inexhaustibility, infinitely, infiniteness,
     infinitude, infinity, innumerability, innumerably, interminability,
     interminably, limitlessly, limitlessness, measurelessly,
     measurelessness, now and forever, numberlessness, perpetuity,
     termlessness, throughout the ages, till doomsday, till time stops,
     time without end, to infinity, universality, unmeasurability,
     without end, without limit, world without end
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 永远的,不断的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     ad. 永远,常常

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