ever

Phrases

Signification

Concepts

What did he
👨

ever do for his country ?

Qu'a-t-il jamais fait pour son pays?

He
👨

has been doing so ever since it

fell dark .

Il le fait depuis qu'il est tombé sombre.

And yet , none of these people
🧑‍🤝‍🧑

has ever met the old
🧓

king
👑

.

Et pourtant, aucune de ces personnes n'a jamais rencontré le vieux roi.

No
🙅

wise man ever wishes to be younger .

Aucun homme sage ne souhaite jamais être plus jeune.

He
👨

was absolutely the best " Star Wars " artist
🧑‍🎨

you could ever want to have .

Il était absolument le meilleur artiste "Star Wars" que vous puissiez avoir.

(Anglais)

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɛvə/

Appartenant à ancien anglais

In summary

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”).