always

always - English

Alternative forms

alwayes, alwayz, alwayez (obsolete)
allus (pronunciation spelling)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈɔː(l).weɪz/, /ˈɔːl.wɪz/
(US) IPA: /ˈɔl.weɪz/, /ˈɔl.wiz/, /ˈɔl.wəz/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑl.weɪz/, [ˈɑɫ.weɪz]
(Southern American English) IPA: /ˈɔləs/ (see allus)
Hyphenation: al‧ways

Adverb

always (not comparable)

At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.
- God is always the same.
- Green has always been my favorite color. I’ve loved it for as long as I can remember.
- Airplanes did not always exist as a form of transportation.
- Synonyms: perpetually, continually, all the time, every time; see also forever
- Antonyms: at no time, never; see also never
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
- Synonyms: invariably, uniformly; see also uniformly
- Antonyms: manywise, sundrily, variously; see also diversely
- In this street, the shops always close during lunchtime.
(informal) In any event.
- I thought I could always go back to work.
- Synonyms: anyhow, anyway, at any rate, regardless; see also regardless

Usage notes

Used for both duration and frequency.
"Always" used with a continuous tense can imply anger or annoyance about another person's persistent habits, for example "My mum is always telling me to tidy me room!".

Antonyms

never

Derived terms

alwaysness

Phrases with "always"

Translations

Afrikaans: altyd (af)
Albanian: gjithmonë (sq)
Alviri-Vidari: همیشه‎ (hammiše)
Amharic: ሁልጊዜ (am) (hulgize)
Arabic: دَائِمًا‎ (dāʔiman), أَبَدًا‎ (ʔabadan), دَوْمًا‎ (ar) (dawman)
- Egyptian Arabic: تملّي‎ (tamallī)
- Hijazi Arabic: دايمًا‎ (dāyman), على طول‎ (ʼala ṭūl)
Aragonese: siempre
Armenian: միշտ (hy) (mišt), հավետ (hy) (havet)
Aromanian: totãnã, tutdiunã, tutauna
Asturian: siempre (ast)
Atong (India): phangnan
Azerbaijani: həmişə (az), hər zaman, daim
Bashkir: һәр ваҡыт (här vaqıt), һәр ҡасан (här qasan), гел (gel)
Basque: beti (eu)
Belarusian: заўсёды (zaŭsjódy), заўжды́ (zaŭždý)
Bengali: হামেশা (hameśa), সর্বদা (śorboda)
Bikol Central: pirmi
Bislama: oltaem
Breton: atav (br)
Bulgarian: ви́наги (bg) (vínagi), вся́кога (bg) (vsjákoga)
Burmese: အမြဲ (my) (a.mrai:), အမြဲတမ်း (my) (a.mrai:tam:), အမြဲတစေ (my) (a.mrai:ta.ce), အစဉ် (my) (a.cany), ထာဝရ (my) (htawa.ra.), ထာဝစဉ် (my) (htawa.cany)
Catalan: sempre (ca)
Chamicuro: mayepalala
Cherokee: ᏂᎪᎯᎸᎢ (nigohilvi), ᏂᎪᎸ (nigolv)
Chickasaw: bíyyi'ka
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 成日 (yue) (seng⁴ jat⁶)
- Mandarin: 總是／总是 (zh) (zǒngshì)
Chuvash: ялан (jalan)
Cornish: pub prys
Crimean Tatar: daim, er vaqıt, müddem
Czech: vždy (cs)
Dalmatian: siampro, siampre, sianpro
Danish: altid (da)
Dutch: altijd (nl), immer (nl), altoos (nl), steeds (nl)
Esperanto: ĉiam (eo)
Estonian: alati (et)
Evenki: окин-да (okin-da)
Ewe: ɣesiaɣi
Faroese: altíð, alla tíðina
Finnish: aina (fi), alati (fi), ikuisesti (fi), iäti (fi)
French: toujours (fr)
Friulian: simpri
Galician: sempre
Georgian: ყოველთვის (q̇oveltvis), მუდამ (mudam)
German: immer (de), stets (de), ständig (de)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅 (aiw)
Greek: πάντα (el) (pánta)
- Ancient: ἀεί (aeí), πάντοτε (pántote), διὰ παντός (dià pantós)
Guaraní: opa ára, tapiaite
Haitian Creole: toujou
Hawaiian: nā manawa apau loa
Hebrew: תָּמִיד‎ (he) (tamíd)
Hindi: हमेशा (hi) (hameśā), सदा (hi) (sadā), नित्य (hi) (nitya)
Hungarian: mindig (hu)
Icelandic: alltaf (is)
Ido: sempre (io), omnatempe (io)
Indonesian: selalu (id)
Ingrian: ain, ikkää
Interlingua: semper
Irish: i gcónaí, i dtólamh
Istriot: senpro
Italian: sempre (it)
Japanese: いつも (ja) (itsu mo)
Kabyle: dima
Kashubian: wiedno, wcyg
Kazakh: әрдайым (ärdaiym), әрқашан (kk) (ärqaşan)
Khmer: ជាដរាប (jie dɑɑ riep), ជានិច្ច (jie nɨch)
Korean: 항상 (ko) (hangsang), 늘 (ko) (neul), 언제나 (ko) (eonjena)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ھەردەم‎ (ckb) (herdem), ھەمیشە‎ (ckb) (hemîşe)
- Northern Kurdish: daîme (ku)
Kyrgyz: дайыма (ky) (dayıma), ар качан (ar kaçan), ар убакытта (ar ubakıtta), ар дайым (ky) (ar dayım), ылайым (ky) (ılayım)
Lao: ຕະຫລອດມາ (ta lǭt mā), ຕະຫລອດເມື່ອ (ta lǭt mư̄a), ຍັ່ງ (nyang)
Latin: semper (la)
Latvian: vienmēr
Ligurian: sénpre
Limburgish: ummer (li), altied (li)
Lithuanian: visada (lt), visuomet
Livonian: alz
Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: aait (Gronings), aingoal (Gronings), aaltieds (Gronings)
Macedonian: секогаш (sekogaš)
Malay: sentiasa, selalu, sepanjang masa, setiap masa, semedang, nalar, selulus, berkelaluan
Malayalam: എല്ലായ്പ്പോഴും (ml) (ellāyppōḻuṃ)
Marathi: नेहमी (nehmī)
Mirandese: siempre
Mongolian: дандаа (mn) (dandaa), ямагт (mn) (jamagt)
Mòcheno: òlbe
Navajo: hoolʼáágóó
Norman: terjous (Guernsey)
Norwegian: alltid (no), bestandig (no)
Occitan: sempre (oc), totjorn (oc), tostemps (oc)
Ojibwe: apane
Old English: ā, simle
Old Portuguese: sempre
Old Prussian: aīnat
Oriya: ସବୁବେଳେ (sôbubeḷe)
Persian: همیشه‎ (fa) (hamiše)
Polabian: altitåi̯
Polish: zawsze (pl), (archaic) zawżdy (pl)
Pontic Greek: πάντα (pánta)
Portuguese: sempre (pt)
Quechua: wiñaipag
Romanian: totdeauna (ro), mereu (ro), întotdeauna (ro)
Romansh: adina (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan); adegna (Sutsilvan, Surmiran); adüna (Ladin Puter, Ladin Vallader)
Russian: всегда́ (ru) (vsegdá), ве́чно (ru) (véčno)
Saanich: YOŦ
Sanskrit: नित्यम् (sa) (nityam), सदैव (sadaiva), सततम् (sa) (satatam), सर्वदा (sa) (sarvadā)
Scots: aye
Scottish Gaelic: daonnan, an còmhnaidh, a-chaoidh
Serbo-Croatian: vazda (sh) (archaic)
- Cyrillic: увек, увијек, стално, непрестано
- Roman: uvek (sh), uvijek (sh), stalno (sh), neprestano (sh)
Sinhalese: නිතරම (nitarama)
Slovak: vždy, stále
Slovene: védno (sl), zméraj (sl)
Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: přeco (hsb)
Southern Ohlone: iñaha
Spanish: siempre (es)
Swahili: sikuzote
Swedish: alltid (sv)
Tagalog: lagi (tl)
Tajik: ҳамеша (tg) (hameša), доимо (doyimo)
Tamil: எப்பொழுதும் (ta) (eppoḻutum)
Tatar: һәрвакыт (härwaqıt), һәркайчан (härkayçan), һәрчак (härçaq), гел (gel)
Telugu: ఎల్లప్పుడు (te) (ellappuḍu)
Thai: ตลอด (th) (dtà-lɔ̀ɔt)
Tibetan: རྟག་པར (rtag par), འཆར་ཅན ('char can), ག་དུས་ཡིན་ནའི (ga dus yin na'i), ནམ་གཏན་དུ (nam gtan du)
Tocharian B: ṣek
Turkish: her zaman (tr), daima (tr)
Turkmen: hemişe, mydama
Ukrainian: за́вжди (uk) (závždy), завжди́ (uk) (zavždý), за́всіди (závsidy), за́вше (závše), повсякча́с (uk) (povsjakčás)
Urdu: ہمیشہ‎ (hameśā), سدا‎ (sadā), نتیہ‎ (nitya)
Uzbek: har doim (uz), doim (uz), doimo (uz), hamisha (uz)
Venetian: senpre, senper, senpro
Vietnamese: luôn luôn (vi), luôn (vi), mãi mãi (vi)
Volapük: ai (vo)
Welsh: wastad, bob amser
West Flemish: olsan, assan
West Frisian: jimmer
Yiddish: שטענדיק‎ (shtendik), תּמיד‎ (tomed)
Zhuang: caenh

Armenian: միշտ (hy) (mišt), անընդհատ (hy) (anəndhat)
Basque: beti (eu)
Belarusian: заўсёды (zaŭsjódy), заўжды́ (zaŭždý), уве́сь ча́с (uvjésʹ čás), пастая́нна (pastajánna)
Bengali: হামেশা (hameśa)
Breton: ato
Bulgarian: ви́наги (bg) (vínagi)
Catalan: sempre (ca)
Chickasaw: bíyyi'ka
Czech: pořád (cs)
Danish: altid (da)
Dutch: steeds (nl), altijd (nl), telkens (nl)
Estonian: alati (et), ikka (et)
Ewe: ɣesiaɣi
Finnish: aina (fi), koko ajan (fi), joka kerta, jatkuvasti (fi)
Georgian: ყოველთვის (q̇oveltvis), მუდამ (mudam)
German: immer (de)
Greek: πάντα (el) (pánta), πάντοτε (el) (pántote)
Hawaiian: mau
Hindi: हमेशा (hi) (hameśā), सदा (hi) (sadā)
Hungarian: állandóan (hu), mindig (hu)
Ido: sempre (io)
Irish: i gcónaí, síor-, i rith an ama, an t-am ar fad, an t-am go léir
Italian: sempre (it)
Japanese: いつも (ja) (itsu mo), 常に (ja) (つねに, tsune ni), ずっと (ja) (zutto)
Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ھەموجار‎ (hemucar)
Latvian: vienmēr
Limburgish: ummertoe (li), jedes kiër
Macedonian: секогаш (sekogaš)
Malay: selalu, sering (ms)
Malayalam: എപ്പോഴും (ml) (eppōḻuṃ)
Mirandese: siempre
Norwegian: hele tiden, konstant, alltid (no)
Persian: همیشه‎ (fa) (hamiše)
Polish: zawsze (pl), ciągle (pl), stale (pl)
Portuguese: sempre (pt), constantemente (pt)
Russian: всегда́ (ru) (vsegdá), ве́чно (ru) (véčno), всё вре́мя (vsjó vrémja), постоя́нно (ru) (postojánno)
Scots: aye
Scottish Gaelic: daonnan, an còmhnaidh
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: увек, увијек, стално, непрестано
- Roman: uvek (sh), uvijek (sh), stalno (sh), neprestano (sh)
Slovak: vždy, stále
Slovene: védno (sl), zméraj (sl), vsákič
Spanish: siempre (es)
Swahili: sikuzote
Swedish: alltid (sv)
Thai: เสมอ (th) (sà-mə̌ə), บ่อย (th) (bɔ̀i)
Ukrainian: завжди́ (uk) (zavždý), за́вжди (uk) (závždy), за́вше (závše), весь ча́с (vesʹ čás), уве́сь час (uvésʹ čas)
Urdu: ہمیشہ‎ (hameśā)

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