on every occasion or all the time
Grandma always drinks tea before bed.
The city bus always arrives at eight o’clock.
✦ From Old English ‘ealneweg’ meaning ‘all the way’.
for all future time; forever
I will always remember the day we met.
The lighthouse light shines always to guide ships.
✦ Extension of the sense “all the time” to express permanence into the future.
