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[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
once	new	years	#169: always	another	right	each

[ Etymology

Originally a genitive form of alway.

[ Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈɔːl.weɪz/, SAMPA: /"O:l.weIz/
(US) IPA: /ˈɔl.weɪz/, /ˈɔl.wiz/, SAMPA: /"Ol.weIz/, /"Ol.wiz/
Audio (US)^{help, file}
Hyphenation: al·ways

[ 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.

[ Synonyms

forever

[ Antonyms

never

[ Translations

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)
Finnish: aina fi(fi), alati fi(fi), ikuisesti fi(fi), iäti fi(fi)
German: immer de(de)
Greek: πάντα el(el), πάντοτε el(el)

Hungarian: mindig hu(hu)
Japanese: いつも ja(ja) (itsu mo)
Kurdish: hemîşe ku(ku), daîme ku(ku), هه‌رده‌م ku(ku), هه‌میشه‌ ku(ku)
Latvian: vienmēr
Polish: zawsze pl(pl)
Russian: всегда (vs'egdá), вечно (v'éčno)
Slovene: vedno sl(sl), zmeraj sl(sl)

constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals

Croatian: uvijek hr(hr), stalno hr(hr), neprestano hr(hr)
Danish: altid da(da)
Dutch: steeds nl(nl), altijd nl(nl)
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)

Japanese: いつも ja(ja) (itsu mo)
Kurdish: هه‌موجار
Latvian: vienmēr
Polish: zawsze pl(pl)
Russian: всегда (vs'egdá), вечно (v'éčno), всё время (vs'o vr'ém'a), постоянно (postojánno)
Slovene: vedno, zmeraj, vsakič

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Basque: beti
Bosnian: uvijek
Catalan: sempre
CJKV Characters: 恒; 常
Dutch: altijd (steeds)
Esperanto: ĉiam
Estonian: alati
French: toujours
Greek, Ancient: ἀεί (aei)
Hindi: हमेशा (hamešā)
Icelandic: alltaf, ætíð
Ido: sempre

Italian: sempre
Japanese: 常に (つねに, tsuneni)
Korean: 항상 (恒常, hangsang)
Kurdish: herdem, hergav, hertim
Latin: semper
Maltese: dejjem
Norwegian: alltid
Persian: همیشه (hamisheh), هرگز (har-gez)
Portuguese: sempre
Romanian: întotdeauna
Serbian:

Cyrillic: увек

Roman: uvek
Spanish: siempre; todo el tiempo
Swedish: alltid
Telugu: ఎల్లప్పుడు (ellappuDu), నిరంతరం (niramtaram)
Ukrainian: завжди (zawždy)
Urdu: ہمیشہ (hamešā)
Vietnamese: luôn luôn, luôn

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