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[edit] Etymology
Originally a genitive form of alway, from Middle English allwaye, alle wey, from Old English ealneġ, ealneweġ (“always, perpetually”, literally “all the way”), from ealne + weġ (accusative case), equivalent to al- (“all”) + way. Cognate with Scots alwayis (“always”), Low German allerwegens (“very often”, literally “all ways'”). More at all, way.
[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)
- 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.
- (informal) In any event
- I thought I could always go back to work
[edit] Usage notes
- Used for both duration and frequency.
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at all times
- Arabic: دائمًا (ar) (daa'iman), أبدًا (ar) ('abadan)
- Armenian: միշտ (hy) (mišt)
- Basque: beti (eu)
- Belarusian: заўсёды (be) (zaŭsjodý)
- Bosnian: uvijek (bs)
- Bulgarian: винаги (bg) (vinagi)
- Catalan: sempre (ca)
- Chamicuro: mayepalala
- Cherokee: ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ (chr) (ni-go-hi-lv-i)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 總是 (cmn), 总是 (cmn) (zǒngshì)
- Croatian: uvijek (hr), stalno (hr), neprestano (hr)
- Czech: vždy (cs)
- Danish: altid (da)
- Dutch: altijd (nl)
- Esperanto: ĉiam (eo)
- Estonian: alati (et)
- Ewe: ɣesiaɣi
- Finnish: aina (fi), alati (fi), ikuisesti (fi), iäti (fi)
- French: toujours (fr)
- German: immer (de), stets (de)
- Greek: πάντα (el) (pánta)
- Ancient: ἀεί (aei)
- Gronings: aait, aingoal, aaltieds
- Haitian Creole: toujou
- Hawaiian: nā manawa apau loa
- Hebrew: תמיד (he) (tamíd)
- Hebrew: תָּמִיד (he) (tamíd)
- Hindi: हमेशा (hi) (hamēśā), सदा (hi) (sadā)
- Hungarian: mindig (hu)
- Icelandic: alltaf (is)
- Interlingua: semper (ia)
- Italian: sempre (it)
- Japanese: いつも (ja) (itsu-mo)
- Korean: 항상 (ko) (hangsang), 늘 (ko) (neul), 언제나 (ko) (eonjena)
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- Kurdish: hemîşe (ku), daîme (ku), ههردهم (ku), ههمیشه (ku)
- Latin: semper (la)
- Latvian: vienmēr
- Macedonian: секогаш (mk) (sékogaš)
- Navajo: hoolʼáágóó
- Norwegian: alltid (no), bestandig (no)
- Occitan: sempre (oc), totjorn (oc), tostemps (oc)
- Old English: ā (ang)
- Persian: همیشه (fa) (hamiše), هرگز (fa) (har-gez)
- Polish: zawsze (pl)
- Portuguese: sempre (pt)
- Romanian: totdeauna (ro), mereu (ro), întotdeauna (ro)
- Russian: всегда (ru) (vsegdá), вечно (ru) (véčno)
- Scots: aye
- Scottish Gaelic: daonnan (gd), an còmhnaidh (gd)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: увек (sr)
- Roman: uvek (sr)
- Slovak: vždy (sk)
- Slovene: vedno (sl), zmeraj (sl)
- Spanish: siempre (es)
- Swahili: mara kwa mara (sw)
- Swedish: alltid (sv)
- Tamil: எப்பொழுதும் (ta) (eppolutdum)
- Thai: ตลอด (th) (dtàlòt)
- Turkish: her zaman (tr)
- Ukrainian: завжди (uk) (závždy, zavždý), завше (uk) (závše)
- Urdu: ہمیشہ (ur) (hamēśā)
- Vietnamese: luôn luôn (vi)
- West Frisian: jimmer (fy)
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constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals
- Armenian: միշտ (hy) (mišt), անընդհատ (hy) (anëndhat)
- Basque: beti (eu)
- Bosnian: uvijek (bs)
- Bulgarian: винаги (bg)
- Catalan: sempre (ca)
- Croatian: uvijek (hr), stalno (hr), neprestano (hr)
- Danish: altid (da)
- Dutch: steeds (nl), altijd (nl)
- Estonian: alati (et)
- Ewe: ɣesiaɣi
- Finnish: aina (fi), koko ajan (fi), joka kerta (fi), jatkuvasti (fi)
- German: immer (de)
- Greek: πάντα (el), πάντοτε (el)
- Hawaiian: mau
- Hindi: हमेशा (hi) (hamēśā)
- Hungarian: állandóan (hu)
- Italian: sempre (it)
- Japanese: いつも (ja) (itsu-mo), 常に (ja) (つねに, tsune-ni), ずっと (ja) (zutto)
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