ALWAYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does always mean? 

• ALWAYS (adverb)
  The adverb ALWAYS has 5 senses:

1. at all times; all the time and on every occasion

2. without variation or change, in every case

3. without interruption

4. at any time or in any event

5. forever; throughout all time

  Familiarity information: ALWAYS used as an adverb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALWAYS (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At all times; all the time and on every occasion

Synonyms:

always; e'er; ever

Context example:

ever busy

Sense 2

Meaning:

Without variation or change, in every case

Synonyms:

always; constantly; invariably

Context example:

he always arrives on time

Sense 3

Meaning:

Without interruption

Synonyms:

always; constantly; forever; incessantly; perpetually

Context example:

the world is constantly changing

Sense 4

Meaning:

At any time or in any event

Context example:

you could always take a day off

Sense 5

Meaning:

Forever; throughout all time

Context example:

I will always love you

 Context examples 

That was before he broke the pledge; but afterwards he would always take drink when he was ashore, and a little drink would send him stark, staring mad.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This has always been a respectable establishment, and the only time that we have ever had the police in it was over this very fellow.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When I had done, Glumdalclitch always carried back my boat into her closet, and hung it on a nail to dry.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Mars touring your sign is always an ideal time to launch a new venture or relationship, and Mars will remain in Scorpio until January 3, 2020.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mr. Butler was always eager to work.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Hitherto his orgies had always been confined to one day, and he had come back, twitching and shattered, in the evening.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He grumbles out when things don’t go to suit him, and there’ll be always some tell-tale carryin’ word iv it aft to the Wolf.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Mr. Quincey P. Morris found me alone. It seems that a man always does find a girl alone.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Always he declined company on these expeditions, and the people marvelled.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

But you are always giving her the preference.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)