forevermore
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See also: for ever more and for evermore
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /fəˈɹɛv.ə.mɔː/
- (US) IPA(key): /fɔːɹˈɛv.ɚ.mɔːɹ/
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Adverb
[edit]forevermore (not comparable)
- At any or all times in the future; forever
- 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. I, Phenomena”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
- Poor Pope; and I am told he is fast growing bankrupt too; and will, in a measurable term of years (a great way within the ‘three hundred’), not have a penny to make his pot boil! His old rheumatic back will then get to rest; and himself and his stage-properties sleep well in Chaos forevermore.
- 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Eidolon:
- A frozen sun forevermore the same.
Usage notes
[edit]- In the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth, the spelling for evermore is the usual form. In Canada and the United States, generally only forevermore is used.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]at any or all times in the future; forever
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