{
  "id": "ever.temporal",
  "term": "ever",
  "sense": "temporal",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "arena": "ever",
  "domain": "temporal",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "at any time",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "time.dimension",
      "always.temporal"
    ],
    "interaction": "time.dimension together with always.temporal creates a reference that can occur at any moment",
    "novel_properties": [
      "indefinite temporal scope",
      "non‑specific occurrence"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Voyager 1 probe has transmitted data every seven months for over 45 years since launch in 1977.",
      "domain": "space"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Doomsday Clock has been set to a minute or two to midnight at least once every decade since 1947.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "The sun has risen in Earth's sky every 24 hours for at least 4.5 billion years.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "never.temporal",
      "note": "contrasts-with",
      "type": "contrasts-with"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "ever"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ever.temporal"
}