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Most common English words: once « new « years « #169: always » another » right » each

[edit] Etymology

Originally a genitive form of alway.

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈɔːl.weɪz/, SAMPA: /"O:l.weIz/
(US) IPA: /ˈɔl.weɪz/, /ˈɔl.wiz/, SAMPA: /"Ol.weIz/, /"Ol.wiz/
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Hyphenation: al‧ways

[edit] Adverb

always (not comparable)

Positive
always

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually:

God is always the same.
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly;—opposed to sometimes or occasionally.

He always rides a black galloway. --Bulwer.

[edit] Synonyms

forever

[edit] Antonyms

never

[edit] Translations

at all times

Ancient Greek: ἀεί (aei)
Armenian: միշտ hy(hy) (mišt)
Bosnian: uvijek bs(bs)
Bulgarian: винаги bg(bg)
Catalan: sempre
Chamicuro: mayepalala
Chinese traditional/simplified: 總是, 总是 (zongshi)
Croatian: uvijek hr(hr), stalno hr(hr), neprestano hr(hr)
Czech: vždy cs(cs)
Danish: altid da(da)
Dutch: altijd nl(nl)
Esperanto: ĉiam eo(eo)
Estonian: alati et(et)
Ewe: ɣesiaɣi
Finnish: aina fi(fi), alati fi(fi), ikuisesti fi(fi), iäti fi(fi)
French: toujours fr(fr)
German: immer de(de)
Greek: πάντα el(el), πάντοτε el(el)
Hindi: हमेशा hi(hi)
Hungarian: mindig hu(hu)
Italian: sempre it(it)
Japanese: いつも ja(ja) (itsu mo)

Kurdish: hemîşe ku(ku), daîme ku(ku), هه‌رده‌م ku(ku), هه‌میشه‌ ku(ku)
Latvian: vienmēr
Macedonian: секогаш mk(mk) (sékogaš)
Navajo: hoolʼáágóó
Norwegian: alltid no(no), bestandig no(no)
Old English: ā ang(ang)
Persian: همیشه (hamiše), هرگز (har-gez)
Polish: zawsze pl(pl)
Portuguese: sempre pt(pt)
Russian: всегда ru(ru) (vs'egdá), вечно ru(ru) (v'éčno)
Scottish Gaelic: daonnan gd(gd), an còmhnaidh gd(gd)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: увек sr(sr)

Roman: uvek sr(sr)
Slovene: vedno sl(sl), zmeraj sl(sl)
Spanish: siempre es(es)
Swahili: mara kwa mara sw(sw)
Swedish: alltid sv(sv)
Thai: ตลอด th(th)
Urdu: ہمیشہ (hamešā)
West Frisian: jimmer fy(fy)

constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals

Armenian: միշտ hy(hy) (mišt), անընդհատ hy(hy) (anëndhat)
Bosnian: uvijek bs(bs)
Bulgarian: винаги bg(bg)
Croatian: uvijek hr(hr), stalno hr(hr), neprestano hr(hr)
Danish: altid da(da)
Dutch: steeds nl(nl), altijd nl(nl)
Estonian: alati et(et)
Ewe: ɣesiaɣi
Finnish: aina, koko ajan, joka kerta, jatkuvasti
German: immer de(de)
Greek: πάντα el(el), πάντοτε el(el)
Hindi: हमेशा hi(hi)
Hungarian: állandóan hu(hu)
Italian: sempre it(it)
Japanese: いつも ja(ja) (itsu mo)
Kurdish: هه‌موجار

Latvian: vienmēr
Macedonian: секогаш mk(mk) (sékogaš)
Norwegian: hele tiden no(no), konstant no(no)
Polish: zawsze pl(pl)
Portuguese: sempre pt(pt)
Russian: всегда (vs'egdá), вечно (v'éčno), всё время (vs'o vr'ém'a), постоянно (postojánno)
Scottish Gaelic: daonnan gd(gd), an còmhnaidh gd(gd)
Serbian:

Cyrillic: увек sr(sr)

Roman: uvek sr(sr)
Slovene: vedno, zmeraj, vsakič
Swahili: mara kwa mara sw(sw)
Swedish: alltid sv(sv)
Thai: เสมอ th(th), บ่อย th(th)
Urdu: ہمیشہ (hamešā)

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Basque: beti
CJKV Characters: 恒; 常
Icelandic: alltaf, ætíð
Ido: sempre
Japanese: 常に (つねに, tsuneni)
Korean: 항상 (恒常, hangsang)
Kurdish: herdem, hergav, hertim
Latin: semper

Maltese: dejjem
Romanian: întotdeauna
Spanish: siempre; todo el tiempo
Telugu: ఎల్లప్పుడు (ellappuDu), నిరంతరం (niramtaram)
Turkish: her zaman
Ukrainian: завжди (zawždy)
Vietnamese: luôn luôn, luôn

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