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- 1 Occurring at any time, occurring even but once during a timespan. not-comparable
"This family empathy measure is highly related to ever use of birth control but not to any measure of continuous use."
- 1 Always, frequently, forever. archaic, formal, not-comparable
"It was ever thus."
- 2 Continuously, constantly, all the time (for the complete duration). not-comparable
"People struggled to cope with the ever-increasing cost of living."
- 3 At any time. not-comparable
"We've only ever talked on the phone."
- 4 As intensifier following an interrogative word. informal, not-comparable
"Was I ever glad to see you!"
- 5 Indicates experiential aspect, once; has or have (done something) before. Manglish, Singlish, not-comparable
"but i ever ran 5mins using the 1400 cells and the type RR 23T motor..."
- 1 at all times; all the time and on every occasion wordnet
- 2 at any time wordnet
- 3 (intensifier for adjectives) very wordnet
- 1 Shortening of every dialectal, informal
""Ever place you look there's houses and more houses.""
Etymology
From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”).
From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”).
From Middle English ever, from Old English ǣfre, originally a phrase whose first element undoubtedly consists of Old English ā (“ever, always”) + in (“in”) + an element possibly from feorh (“life, existence”) (dative fēore). Compare Old English ā tō fēore (“ever in life”), Old English feorhlīf (“life”). Sense 5 of the adverb was likely formed by association with never, which also carries the meaning of did not in colloquial Singaporean and Malaysian English. Also, compare Chinese 有 … 過 /有 … 过 (yǒu ... guò / jau⁵ ... gwo³, “has […] before”).
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