different between everlasting vs ever

English

Etymology

From Middle English, equivalent to ever +? lasting.

Alternative forms

• ever-lasting

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v??læst??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v??l??st??/
• Rhymes: -æst??, -??st??
• Hyphenation: ever?last?ing

Adjective

everlasting (comparative more everlasting, superlative most everlasting)

1. Lasting or enduring forever; existing or continuing without end

   Synonyms: immortal, eternal
2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive.
3. (philosophy) Existing with infinite temporal duration (as opposed to existence outside of time).

Citations

Synonyms

• eternal, immortal, interminable, endless, never-ending, infinite, unlimited, unceasing, uninterrupted, continual, unintermitted, incessant
• (existing with infinite temporal duration) sempiternal

Antonyms

• (of a short life): ephemeral
• (existing or continuing without end): finite, limited, mortal

Derived terms

• everlasting flower
• everlastingly
• everlastingness
• everlasting pea

Translations

Adverb

everlasting (comparative more everlasting, superlative most everlasting)

1. (colloquial) Extremely.

Noun

everlasting (plural everlastings)

1. An everlasting flower.
   • 1942, Emily Carr, The Book of Small, “The Orange Lily,” [2]

     With a backward look Small said, “What a lovely lily!” ¶ “Well enough but strong-smelling, gaudy. Come see the everlastings.”

   • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 313:

     ‘It is true perhaps it is too late now for you to look like a rose; but you can always look like an everlasting.’

2. (historical) A durable cloth fabric for shoes, etc.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• euer (obsolete)
• e'er, ev'r (poetic)
• eva, evah, eva', evuh, iver (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle English ever, from Old English ?fre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ? (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative f?ore). Compare Old English ? t? f?ore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhl?f (“life”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??v?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)
• Hyphenation: ev?er

Adverb

ever (not comparable)

1. Always, frequently, forever.
   • 1592, George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, An Advertisement […] concerning Seminary Priests

     […] the Lord Treasurer, who ever secretly feigned himself to be a Moderator and Mollifier of the Catholicks Afflictions […]

   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; […]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

   • 1993, Nancy K. Florida, Javanese Literature in Surakarta Manuscripts: Introduction and manuscripts of the Karaton Surakarta, SEAP Publications (?ISBN), page 9:

     The library staffs of the Karaton Surakarta's Sasana Pustaka, the Mangku- nagaran's Reksa Pustaka, and the Museum Radyapustaka were ever helpful and generous with their time.

   • 2007, Roman Frydman, Michael D. Goldberg, Imperfect Knowledge Economics: Exchange Rates and Risk, Princeton University Press (?ISBN)

     As with the rest of macroeconomics, the issues have to be rethought in a way that makes the ever-imperfect knowledge of market participants and policymakers an integral part of the analysis.

2. Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration).

   People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living.
3. At any time.

4. In any way.

5. (informal) As intensifier following an interrogative word.

Synonyms

• (always): See Thesaurus:forever
• (at any time):
• (in any way):
• (intensifier): See Thesaurus:the dickens

Antonyms

• (always): See Thesaurus:never

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

ever (not comparable)

1. (epidemiology) Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan.

Determiner

ever

1. (dialectal and informal) Shortening of every
   • 2011, Lee Smith, Oral History ?ISBN

     Queen Anne's lace ever place you look.

References

• ever at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Vere, veer

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ?ver, from Old Dutch *evur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur. Cognate with Latin aper, Proto-Slavic *vepr? (“wild boar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.v?r/
• Hyphenation: ever
• Rhymes: -e?v?r

Noun

ever m (plural evers, diminutive evertje n)

1. wild boar, Sus scrofa

Synonyms

• everzwijn, wild zwijn

Derived terms

• everjong
• everzwijn

Anagrams

• erve, veer, vere, vree

German

Etymology

From English ever.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?/

Adverb

ever

1. (colloquial, youth slang) ever (with superlative)

Synonyms

• aller Zeiten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• evre, evir, afre (early)

Etymology

From Old English ?fre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???v?r/, /??v?r/

Adverb

ever

1. ever

Descendants

• English: ever
• Scots: evire, evir
• Yola: eyver, ere

References

• “??ver, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

ever

1. present of eve

Anagrams

• ever, reve, veer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• evor (non-standard since 2012)

Noun

ever f

1. indefinite plural of eve
2. indefinite plural of eva (non-standard since 2012)

Anagrams

• erve, ever, reve, vere