ever-present

1. 1.

   being always present

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Questions about ever-present

What does ever-present mean?

ever-present means "being always present".

How many syllables are in ever-present?

ever-present has 4 syllables and divides as e-ver--pre-sent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ever-present a common word?

ever-present is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.