all the time

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of all of the time.

Adverb

all the time (not comparable)

(set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration.
- 1889 September 11, Mark Twain, "Last Words of Great Men," Buffalo Express:
  The public does not wish to be outraged in this way all the time.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 8, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
  Afore we got to the shanty Colonel Applegate stuck his head out of the door. His temper had been getting raggeder all the time, and the sousing he got when he fell overboard had just about ripped what was left of it to ravellings.
- 1966, Tony Hatch, Jackie Trent, Petula Clark (vocalist), I Couldn't Live Without Your Love, I Couldn't Live Without Your Love (album):
  I couldn't live without your love
  
  Now, I know you′re really mine
  
  I gotta have you all the time
(set phrase, frequency) Very often; frequently.
- 2008 June 26, Joel Stein, "Pirating Axl Rose's Record," Time:
  I have never been this excited about having an album. I play it all the time.

Synonyms

at all times

Translations

always

Finnish: koko ajan (fi)
French: tout le temps (fr)
Galician: todo o tempo
Georgian: მუდამ (mudam)
German: immer (de)
Italian: sempre (it)
Latvian: arvien vēl, visu laiku
Macedonian: цело време (celo vreme), везден (vezden)
Navajo: tʼáá áłahjįʼ

Norwegian:
Bokmål: hele tiden, alltid (no)

Nynorsk: heile tida, alltid
Portuguese: o tempo inteiro, o tempo todo
Romanian: tot timpul
Russian: всё вре́мя (ru) (vsjó vrémja)
Spanish: todo el tiempo
Swedish: hela tiden (sv), ständigt (sv), jämt (sv)
Walloon: toltins (wa), tofer (wa), todi (wa)

frequently

Finnish: koko ajan (fi), alituiseen, kaiken aikaa
French: tout le temps (fr), à longueur de temps (fr)
Galician: a todas horas
Italian: spessissimo
Macedonian: цело време (celo vreme), везден (vezden)
Norwegian: stadig vekk

Portuguese: o tempo inteiro, o tempo todo
Russian: всё вре́мя (ru) (vsjó vrémja), ча́сто (ru) (částo)
Swedish: hela tiden (sv), jämt (sv)
Vietnamese: hoài (vi)
Yiddish: יעדער מאָנטיק און דאָנערשטיק‎‎ (yeder montik un donershtik)

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Irish: ^{(please verify)} ar feadh an ama, ^{(please verify)} i rith an ama

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