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all the time

/ɔːl ðə taɪm//ɒl ðə taɪm/

all the time adverb: always; constantly; for the complete duration.

Adverb

all the time (not comparable)

  1. (set phrase) Always; constantly; for the complete duration.
    • The public does not wish to be outraged in this way all the time.1889 September 11, Mark Twain, “Last Words of Great Men”, in Buffalo Express
    • 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.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    at all times
  2. (set phrase, frequency) Very often; frequently.
    • Memories haunt you all the time / I will never leave your mind / Got judgment on your side / You've said bad things, and you've lied1978, Marvin Gaye, “When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You”, in Here, My Dear
    • I have never been this excited about having an album. I play it all the time.2008 June 26, Joel Stein, “Pirating Axl Rose's Record”, in Time

all the time meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Arabic and Vietnamese

all the time in Bengali

all the time, always
সবসময় śobśomoẏ

all the time in Malayalam

all the time; always
എല്ലായ്പ്പോഴും ellāyppōḻuṁ

all the time in Arabic

always
على مدار الوقت

all the time in Vietnamese

frequently
hoài

Synonyms of all the time

Origin of all the time

An ellipsis of all of the time.

Questions about all the time

What does all the time mean?
All the time means always; constantly; for the complete duration.
What is all the time in Bengali?
All the time in Bengali is সবসময় (śobśomoẏ). See All the time meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is all the time?
All the time is an adverb.
How do you pronounce all the time?
All the time is pronounced /ɔːl ðə taɪm/ (UK).

Words near all the time in the dictionary

  1. all the rage
  2. all the rave
  3. all the same
  4. all the sudden
  5. all the tea in China
  6. all the time
  7. all the way
  8. all the way to Egery and back
  9. all the way to Sunday
  10. all the while
  11. all the world

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Adapted from Wiktionary: all the time (page history and authors); সবসময় (Bengali) (page history and authors); എല്ലായ്പ്പോഴും (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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