e'er

adverb

ˈer How to pronounce e'er (audio)
Definition of e'ernext
as in always
for all time an act of heroism for which the nation will e'er be grateful

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for e'er
  1. always
  2. forever
  3. permanently
Adverb
  • MacMahon transformed Ramanujan’s formulas into two kinds of partitions that looked nothing alike, but whose counts always came out identical.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The Austin ensemble makes minimalism feel enveloping and unruly on its latest record, where new melodic details are always emerging from a swarming mass of sound.
    — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of always
Adverb
  • No one has actually won the war, so the sides have to continue negotiating/fighting forever.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Like the boutique hotel concept that forever changed Florence’s hospitality landscape, the new residential concept was envisaged as a place people want to come back to again and again.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of forever
Adverb
  • The projector itself is a near cube permanently attached to a gimbal mount.
    — M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The Roseville Telephone Museum has permanently closed after 22 years, part of a broader strain on local institutions where 90% of Sacramento Area Museums members report urgent volunteer shortages.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of permanently
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“E'er.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/e%27er. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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