What does forever mean in English?

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0 for all time:
- I like the house but I don't imagine I'll live there forever.
- We'd better walk a bit quicker - it's going to take forever if we go at this pace.
- She's forever telling him she's going to leave him but she never actually does.
1 existing or happening for all time in the future:
- Today, more than 500,000 US children wait in foster care for a forever home.
2 for all time, without end:
- Nobody lives forever.
- She was forever late for appointments.
- He was forever saying that he’d pay me back, but he never did.

Each transaction at the foreign exchange counter seems to take forever.
I know she's gone forever, but I just can't put her out of my mind.
That look of pure grief would be imprinted on her mind forever.
The awful sound of the crash will be stamped on her memory forever.
The city has a timeless quality as if it had existed forever.
We need new ways to defeat disease, and we will need them forever.
However, you can't rely on your family and friends forever.
Despite the best efforts of curators and conservationists, no object lasts forever.

0 Always: meaning

Always can mean ‘on every occasion’, ‘forever’ or ‘very frequently’. In these meanings we use it with simple tense forms:
1 Always with continuous verb forms

We can use always with continuous verb forms to refer to regular events or states, especially ones which are problematic or which we do not like or want:
2 Always: position

We most commonly use always in mid position, between the subject and main verb, after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after main verb be:
3 Always with can and could

We often use always with can and could to talk about possible solutions to problems:
4 As always

We use as always to talk about one event which is seen as typical: