ever

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UK /ˈɛvə/ US /ˈɛvɚ/

adv 5adj 1det 1

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, healthy, imperfect, interesting, most, related, stupidest

She is the most beautiful person I have ever met in my entire life.

VERB + EVER

lace, let, play

I've never let anyone borrow my favorite jacket ever since it got stained.

EVER + NOUN

america, banana, birth, chinese, fuji, himself, kangaroo, kyushu

He had never seen such a beautiful sunset in all his life ever since he was born.

PREP.

about, in, out

I've never heard about it ever since we stopped talking to each other.

ADV.

highly, secretly, thus

She had never been so highly strung in her entire life.

Definitions

adv

Always, frequently, forever.

It was ever thus.

[…] the Lord Treasurer, who ever secretly feigned himself to be a Moderator and Mollifier of the Catholicks Afflictions […]

Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration).

People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living.

For what seemed ages piled on ages, I lay there, frozen with the most awful fears, not daring to drag away my hand; yet ever thinking that if I could but stir it one single inch, the horrid spell would be broken.

At any time.

We've only ever talked on the phone.

I scarcely ever see you anymore!.

As intensifier following an interrogative word.

Was I ever glad to see you!

Did I ever!

Indicates experiential aspect, once; has or have (done something) before.

but i ever ran 5mins using the 1400 cells and the type RR 23T motor...

i ever walked from the south to MacRitchie Reservoir.....

adj

Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.

This family empathy measure is highly related to ever use of birth control but not to any measure of continuous use.

det

Shortening of every

"Ever place you look there's houses and more houses."

Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adverb — at all times

always
e'er

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

happily ever after

Chiefly preceded by he, she, they, etc., lived: often used as a formulaic ending in fairy tales, stories for children, and similar works: in a state of happiness for the rest of his, her, their, etc., lives.

And they lived happily ever after.

no good deed ever goes unpunished

Alternative form of no good deed goes unpunished.

as ever trod shoe-leather

As ever existed or lived.

As grate a rascal, as ever trod shoe-leather.

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people

Americans, as a group, are not especially intelligent and can be readily entertained or fooled to produce a financial benefit for someone.

Ed Wood was a backwards genius, he set out to make horror movies and he didn’t know how to do it. . . . Mencken said, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of th

nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public

Alternative form of nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

Example Bank

It was ever thus.

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[…] the Lord Treasurer, who ever secretly feigned himself to be a Moderator and Mollifier of the Catholicks Afflictions […]

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Let us ever remember that our conception, our comprehension, our feeling of God must be ever imperfect, yet should be ever advancing. We must not make God: we must find Him and feel Him more and more.

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This family empathy measure is highly related to ever use of birth control but not to any measure of continuous use.

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"Ever place you look there's houses and more houses."

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Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ever is marked as archaic, formal, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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