ever-present
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈɛvərˈprɛzənt/
:
constante
- The ever-present noise of the city makes it hard to concentrate.
- an ever-present danger
- an ever-present possibility
- an ever-present temptation
The fear of them was ever present in everybody's minds.
- The fear of them was ever present in everybody's minds.
- I thought you were saying it is this thing that just is ever present.
- Communication is sort of ever present in our life, interpreting the world, engaging with the world.
- But it is something that isn't an inevitable going under of individuality, although it is an ever present danger.
- And we've heard many versions of this before, but it's something that is ever present in our heart and it's always available as a gift.
- So it's a kind of an ever present human response, a set of responses really that we have to deal with.
- And so your identity is like ever present.
- And so fear was an ever present state and scarcity because, well, you know, food was scarce.
Examples
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In that way, rules are clear, explicit, and ever-present in the classroom.
Academic text (1994) -
And we've heard many versions of this before, but it's something that is ever present in our heart and it's always available as a gift.
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Were any of these men ever present in her home?
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But whichever side of the coin we take here, death is really an ever present reality for us.
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The fear of them was ever present in everybody's minds.
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My symptoms ranged from fear of speaking up in Group settings to constant dissatisfaction with my physical appearance to an ever present sense of danger.
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But the Arecibo facility was deathly quiet except for the ever-present buzz of the equipment.
Fiction book (1998) -
Suddenly we realized we were alone, and beneath the ever-present clatter of humankind, the world seemed very quiet.
Fiction book (1994) -
There are no blankets, no umbrellas, just sand and the ever-present, ever-rolling sea.
Fiction book (2002) -
My brain's anger, shock, and sorrow descended mercilessly upon my heart, and the ever-present monitor recorded it all.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
198
2.5
Happens all the time without stopping
93
5.8
Lasting for a very long time without stopping
21
5.3
Continuing for a long time and often returning
21
4.3
Returning to your mind often and hard to forget
13
7.7
Present everywhere at the same time
1
4.2
Continuing for a long time without fading
Antonyms
How Present
51
9.0
19
4.4
198
2.5
392
1.0
285
2.8
582
4.1
139
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ever-present is made from two simple words: ever meaning 'always' and present meaning 'here' or 'available'. So something ever-present is like a thing that is 'always here' or always felt.