ever-present

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

late, unnoticed

VERB + EVER-PRESENT

bit

EVER-PRESENT + NOUN

briefcase, possibility, tow

PREP.

in, with

ADV.

quickly

Definitions

adj

Always present; always there

She arrived a bit late, her ever-present briefcase in tow.

noun

An athlete who is present in every contest.

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

She arrived a bit late, her ever-present briefcase in tow.

Wiktionary

The gesture of adolescence, which raves for this or that on one day with the ever-present possibility of damning it as idiocy on the next, is now socialized.

Tatoeba · #426675

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.

Tatoeba · #918865

He moves like a shadow, unnoticed but ever-present.

Tatoeba · #12769156

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, ever-present is marked as British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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