ever
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- adverb
- /ˈɛvər/
:
alguna vez
- Will the world ever run out of awesome ways to spend the holidays?
- have you ever seen
- have you ever heard
- hardly ever
And that process might not ever go away.
- And that process might not ever go away.
- No one else will ever ask questions again.
- If that isn't the coolest thing you've ever seen, wow.
- Then then why would you ever achieve it, right?
- Here's our code phrase if you ever say that.
- Maybe maybe we won't ever and that's OK.
- This is the only woman that I've ever seen, right?
- Let me think, Have I ever met anyone like that?
- I didn't make it far enough to ever fail or pass.
- You know, I don't ever have any rare goods.
- Isn't that the cutest little slice you've ever seen anyways?
Examples
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No one else will ever ask questions again.
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Are you finding it harder than ever to focus?
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And that process might not ever go away.
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These kids will never, ever fight one another.
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The only boy to ever play this game.
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This is the first time this has ever happened to me!
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I mean, have you ever actually committed a crime before?
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"People were more depressed than ever before, and their needs were even greater."
Academic text (2011) -
Fact is, he's not like anybody I have ever known.
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Do you ever think about what life would be like in the future?
Synonyms
569
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Whenever it is convenient for you
At any time you want
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To wish someone good luck when the result depends on chance
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ever comes from the Old English æfre, which means 'at any time'. That's why we use ever in questions and negatives to talk about any time, as in 'Have you ever...?' or 'hardly ever'.