adv
Meaning 1
Always; forever; eternally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: for evermore, forevermore
Antonyms: nevermore
Standard Lemma guide
evermore
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌɛvɚˈmoɹ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɛvəˈmɔː/
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mōr rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/ˌɛvɚˈmo(ː)ɹ/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/ˌɛvəˈmoə/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 V ER0 M AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
At any time in the future.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
for a limitless time- P.P.Bliss
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- no one can live forever
- brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: everlastingly, eternally, forever
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
at any future time; in the future
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- lead a blameless life evermore
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forevermore
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English evermore (written as two words before 14th century), equivalent to ever + -more.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: ikuisesti — always
- Finnish: aina — always
- French: toujours — always
- Greek: αιωνίως (aioníos) — always
- Greek: αεί (aeí) — always
- Middle English: evermore — always
- Middle English: evermo — always
- Polish: zawsze — always
- Russian: всегда (vsegda) — always
- Russian: вечный (večnyj) — always
- Scots: evermair — always
- Scots: ivermair — always
- Spanish: siempre — always
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