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{
"term": "ever",
"partOfSpeech": "adverb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used in negative sentences and questions, or sentences with if to mean ‘at any time’",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Nothing ever happens here."
},
{
"text": "Don't you ever get tired?"
},
{
"text": "If you're ever in Miami, come and see us."
},
{
"text": "‘**Have you ever** been to Rome?’ ‘Yes, I have, actually. Not long ago.’"
},
{
"text": "‘Have you ever thought of changing your job?’ ‘No, never/No I haven’t.’"
},
{
"text": "She **hardly ever** *(= almost never)* goes out."
},
{
"text": "We've **only ever** talked on the phone."
},
{
"text": "I don't think I ever really thanked you properly."
},
{
"text": "He wondered whether it would ever actually happen."
},
{
"text": "We see them very seldom, **if ever**."
},
{
"text": "I'll **never ever** do that again!"
},
{
"text": "I'm never speaking to you **ever again**!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used for emphasis when you are comparing things",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It was raining harder than ever."
},
{
"text": "Consumers today have more choices than **ever before**."
},
{
"text": "It's my **best-ever** score."
},
{
"text": "It's the worst film I've ever seen."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "all the time or every time; always",
"labels": "(rather formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Paul, ever the optimist, agreed to try again."
},
{
"text": "She married the prince and they **lived happily ever after**."
},
{
"text": "He said he would love her **for ever (and ever)**."
},
{
"text": "Their debts grew ever larger *(= kept increasing)*."
},
{
"text": "the ever-growing problem"
},
{
"text": "an ever-present danger"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used after when, why, etc. to show that you are surprised or shocked",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Why ever did you agree?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that somebody does the same thing very often, usually in an annoying way",
"examples": [
{
"text": "All he ever does is grumble about things."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that you are surprised or shocked",
"labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Did you ever hear anything like it?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "continuously since the time mentioned",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He's had a car ever since he was 18."
},
{
"text": "I was bitten by a dog once and I've been afraid of them ever since."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very; really",
"labels": "(informal, especially British English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He looks ever so smart."
},
{
"text": "She's ever such a nice woman."
},
{
"text": "It's ever so easy."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that something is certainly true",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "That was a disaster if ever there was one!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize something you are talking about",
"labels": "(informal, especially North American English)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘You must have been upset by that.’ ‘Was I ever!’"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "sometimes used at the end of an informal letter, before you write your name",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈevə(r)/",
"audio": "ev/ever/ever__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈevər/",
"audio": "ev/ever/ever__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English ǣfre, of unknown origin."
}