#️⃣#ever /ˈevə $ ˈevər/ #adverb
1️⃣a word meaning at any time; used mostly in questions, negatives, comparisons, or sentences with ‘if’:
🔹Have you ever been to Paris
🔹Nothing ever seems to upset him.
🔹I don’t think I’ve ever been here before.
🔹If you’re ever in Seattle, come and see me.
2️⃣#formal ➡️ always:
🔹Ever optimistic, I decided to take the exam again.
3️⃣hardly ever ➡️ not very often:
🔹We hardly ever go out.
4️⃣never ever #spoken ➡️ never:
🔹You never ever offer to help!
5️⃣for ever ➡️ for all time:
🔹Nothing lasts for ever.
6️⃣as ever ➡️ as always happens:
🔹As ever, Joe was late.
7️⃣ever since ➡️ continuously since:
🔹My back has been bad ever since I fell and hurt it two years ago.
8️⃣ever after ➡️ for all time after something:
🔹I suppose they’ll get married and live happily ever after.
9️⃣hotter / colder / better etc than ever ➡️ even hotter etc than before:
🔹Last night’s show was better than ever.
1️⃣0️⃣as friendly / cheerful / miserable etc as ever ➡️ as friendly etc as someone or something usually is:
🔹George was as miserable as ever.
🔹The food was as bad as ever!
1️⃣1️⃣ever so cold / wet / nice etc #British_English #spoken ➡️ very cold, wet etc:
🔹The assistant was ever so helpful.
🔹Thanks ever so much.
1️⃣2️⃣ever such a #British_English ➡️ used to emphasize what someone or something is like:
🔹She’s ever such a nice girl.
1️⃣3️⃣ever-increasing / ever-present etc ➡️ increasing, present etc all the time:
🔹the ever-increasing problem of drugs in the inner cities
1️⃣4️⃣Yours ever / Ever yours #informal ➡️ used at the end of a letter above the signature
1️⃣5️⃣if ever there was one #informal ➡️ used to say that someone or something is a typical example of something:
🔹He’s a natural comedian if ever there was one.
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1️⃣a word meaning at any time; used mostly in questions, negatives, comparisons, or sentences with ‘if’:
🔹Have you ever been to Paris
🔹Nothing ever seems to upset him.
🔹I don’t think I’ve ever been here before.
🔹If you’re ever in Seattle, come and see me.
2️⃣#formal ➡️ always:
🔹Ever optimistic, I decided to take the exam again.
3️⃣hardly ever ➡️ not very often:
🔹We hardly ever go out.
4️⃣never ever #spoken ➡️ never:
🔹You never ever offer to help!
5️⃣for ever ➡️ for all time:
🔹Nothing lasts for ever.
6️⃣as ever ➡️ as always happens:
🔹As ever, Joe was late.
7️⃣ever since ➡️ continuously since:
🔹My back has been bad ever since I fell and hurt it two years ago.
8️⃣ever after ➡️ for all time after something:
🔹I suppose they’ll get married and live happily ever after.
9️⃣hotter / colder / better etc than ever ➡️ even hotter etc than before:
🔹Last night’s show was better than ever.
1️⃣0️⃣as friendly / cheerful / miserable etc as ever ➡️ as friendly etc as someone or something usually is:
🔹George was as miserable as ever.
🔹The food was as bad as ever!
1️⃣1️⃣ever so cold / wet / nice etc #British_English #spoken ➡️ very cold, wet etc:
🔹The assistant was ever so helpful.
🔹Thanks ever so much.
1️⃣2️⃣ever such a #British_English ➡️ used to emphasize what someone or something is like:
🔹She’s ever such a nice girl.
1️⃣3️⃣ever-increasing / ever-present etc ➡️ increasing, present etc all the time:
🔹the ever-increasing problem of drugs in the inner cities
1️⃣4️⃣Yours ever / Ever yours #informal ➡️ used at the end of a letter above the signature
1️⃣5️⃣if ever there was one #informal ➡️ used to say that someone or something is a typical example of something:
🔹He’s a natural comedian if ever there was one.
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
@PMPerfect1