HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ever
/ˈɛvɚ/
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What does ever mean?
adverb
- Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration).
- At any time.
- (informal) As intensifier following an interrogative word.
More meanings (4)
adverb
- Indicates experiential aspect, once; has or have (done something) before.
- (archaic) Always, frequently, forever.
adjective
- Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.
determiner
- (informal) Shortening of every
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɛvɚ/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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But no organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration.
Not until Wendy again raised her arm did he relent sufficiently to say, “Well, not for ever, but for a whole week.”
More book examples (3)
I do not know that her master ever whipped her, but I have been an eye-witness to the cruelty of Mrs. Hamilton.
“Don’t they ever teach you in your history classes that you’d all be heathen Turks if it hadn’t been for the Bohemians?”
However, leaving that mystery to solve itself, or go unsolved for ever, he drove his task onward with earnest haste and ecstasy.