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# ever

«ever» in Mova's school dictionary: **At any time: «Have you ever seen a whale?»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) At any time: «Have you ever seen a whale?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#m1)

2) Always, or all the time (in phrases): ever since, for ever, ever after. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#m2)

3) Used to make words stronger: the best day ever, ever so kind (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#m3)

4) Than ever means more than at any time before, and as ever means just as always. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: «happily ever after» ends fairy tales. In everyday talk: questions with «Have you ever…?» ask about experiences. In maths: «the biggest ever» means more than any before it. Phrases: ever since, for ever / forever, ever after, the best ever, hardly ever, ever so, whatever, whenever.

### examples

- Have you ever been to the seaside? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x1)
- This is the best birthday ever! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x2)
- They lived happily ever after. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x3)
- I have lived here ever since I was a baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x4)
- We hardly ever eat sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x5)
- Thank you ever so much (UK). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x6)
- Nobody ever told me that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x7)
- Is it ever safe to swim alone? No. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x8)
- Marusia returned home sadder than ever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/#x9)

### note

Used mostly in questions, after «not/never/hardly», and with comparatives and superlatives (the tallest ever). «Hardly ever» = almost never. Do not confuse «ever» (at any time) with «every» (each one). «Forever» can be one word (US) or «for ever» (UK).

### In the corpora

- [When a person dies, their body stops working for ever; it is not sleep, and they do not come back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/1/)
- [Being dead means the body has stopped working for ever; it is not the same as sleep.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/10/)
- [If a grown-up's anger ever makes you frightened for your safety, tell another trusted adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/36-big-feelings-in-big-people/10/)
- [The best way to handle an accident with an adult film is to know what you will do before it ever happens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/0/)
- [The coldest temperature ever measured at a weather station was about minus 89 degrees Celsius, at Vostok Station in Antarctica in 1983.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/7-antarctica/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ever» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ever/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.