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Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: always

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# At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually.

  

# At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually.
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#: ''God is '''always''' the same.''

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#: {{usex|God is '''always''' the same.}}
 

# Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly;—opposed to [[sometimes]] or [[occasionally]].

  

# Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly;—opposed to [[sometimes]] or [[occasionally]].
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#: ''He '''always''' rides a black galloway.'' --Bulwer.

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#*{{quote-book|year=1963|author={{w|Margery Allingham}}|title={{w|The China Governess}}
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|chapter=6|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL2004261W
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|passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had '''always''' been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}
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#: {{usex|He '''always''' rides a black galloway.}} —Bulwer.
 

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# {{context|informal}} [[in any event|In any event]].

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# {{context|informal}}&nbsp; [[in any event|In any event]].
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#: ''I thought I could '''always''' go back to work

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#: {{usex|I thought I could '''always''' go back to work.}}
   
 

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Latest revision as of 01:39, 6 June 2013

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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, or all +‎ -ways. Cognate with Scots alwayis ("always"), Low German allerwegens ("very often", literally "all ways'"). More at all, way.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈɔːl.weɪz/, /ˈɔːl.wɪz/, X-SAMPA: /"O:l.weIz/, /"O:l.wIz/
  • Audio (UK) (file)
  • (US) IPA: /ˈɔl.weɪz/, /ˈɔl.wɪz/, /ˈɔl.wiz/, X-SAMPA: /"Ol.weIz/, /"Ol.wIz/, /"Ol.wiz/
  • Audio (US) (file)
  • Hyphenation: al‧ways

Adverb[edit]

always (not comparable)

  1. At all times; ever; perpetually; throughout all time; continually.
    God is always the same.
  2. Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals; invariably; uniformly;—opposed to sometimes or occasionally.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, The China Governess[1]:
      The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
    He always rides a black galloway. —Bulwer.
  3. (informal)  In any event.
    I thought I could always go back to work.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used for both duration and frequency.

Derived terms[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Antonyms[edit]

Translations[edit]

at all times

constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals

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