ˈɔːlweɪz Adverb Home Evenings Lock Car Arrives Children

• there's almost always somebody at home in the evenings.
• always lock your car.
• she always arrives at 7.30.
• the children always seem to be hungry.

always

1. at all times; on every occasion
• There's almost always somebody at home in the evenings.
• Always lock your car.
• She always arrives at 7.30.
• The children always seem to be hungry.
• Success seems always to be out of reach.
• Your ideas are always welcome.
• It's not always easy to do the right thing.
• We're not always this busy!
2. for a long time; since you can remember
• Pat has always loved gardening.
• This is the way we've always done it.
• This painting is very good—Ellie always was very good at art (= so it is not very surprising).
• Did you always want to be an actor?
3. for all future time
• I'll always love you.
4. if you say a person is always doing something, or something is always happening, you mean that they do it, or it happens, very often, and that this is annoying
• She's always criticizing me.
• That phone's always ringing.
• Why are you always complaining about my cooking?
5. used to suggest a possible course of action
• If it doesn't fit, you can always take it back.
• If he can't help, there's always John.
6. as usually happens or is expected
• SYNONYM as usual
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/usual#usual_idmg_1
• As always, Polly was late for school.
7. used to say that somebody cannot change
• Once an actor, always an actor.

Word Origin

• Middle English: genitive case of all way, the inflection probably giving the sense ‘at every time’ as opposed to ‘at one uninterrupted time’: the difference between the two is no longer distinct.