"all the time" meaning in English

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Adverb

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Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} all the time (not comparable)
  1. (set phrase, duration) Always; constantly; for the complete duration. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: at all times Translations (always): πάντοτε (pántote) (Ancient Greek), πάντα τὸν χρόνον (pánta tòn khrónon) (Ancient Greek), عمال (ʕammāl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), daim (Azerbaijani), tota l'estona (Catalan), sempre (Catalan), bíyyi'ka (Chickasaw), hele tiden (Danish), altid (Danish), koko ajan (Finnish), tout le temps (French), todo o tempo (Galician), მუდამ (mudam) (Georgian), immer (German), egész idő alatt (Hungarian), mindvégig (Hungarian), egyre (csak) (Hungarian), ar feadh an ama (Irish), i rith an ama (Irish), sempre (Italian), arvien vēl (Latvian), visu laiku (Latvian), цело време (celo vreme) (Macedonian), везден (vezden) (Macedonian), tʼáá áłahjįʼ (Navajo), hele tiden (Norwegian Bokmål), alltid (Norwegian Bokmål), heile tida (Norwegian Nynorsk), alltid (Norwegian Nynorsk), apane (Ojibwe), bez przerwy (Polish), cały czas (Polish), ciągle (Polish), o tempo inteiro (Portuguese), o tempo todo (Portuguese), tot timpul (Romanian), всё вре́мя (vsjo vrémja) (Russian), fad na tìde (Scottish Gaelic), todo el tiempo (Spanish), todo el rato (Spanish), en todo momento (Spanish), hela tiden (Swedish), ständigt (Swedish), jämt (Swedish), toltins (Walloon), tofer (Walloon), todi (Walloon), hêelsan (West Flemish)
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  2. (set phrase, frequency) Very often; frequently. Tags: not-comparable Translations (frequently): daim (Azerbaijani), tota l'estona (Catalan), a cada moment (Catalan), koko ajan (Finnish), alituiseen (Finnish), kaiken aikaa (Finnish), tout le temps (French), à longueur de temps (French), a todas horas (Galician), decote (Galician), folyton (Hungarian), mindig (Hungarian), állandóan (Hungarian), minduntalan (Hungarian), mindegyre (Hungarian), szakadatlanul (Hungarian), ar feadh an ama (Irish), i rith an ama (Irish), spessissimo (Italian), цело време (celo vreme) (Macedonian), везден (vezden) (Macedonian), stadig vekk (Norwegian), co chwila (Polish), co chwilę (Polish), co rusz (Polish), o tempo inteiro (Portuguese), o tempo todo (Portuguese), всё вре́мя (vsjo vrémja) (Russian), ча́сто (částo) (Russian), fad na tìde (Scottish Gaelic), a cada rato (Spanish), a cada segundo (Spanish), hela tiden (Swedish), jämt (Swedish), ideligen (Swedish), hoài (Vietnamese), יעדער מאָנטיק און דאָנערשטיק (yeder montik un donershtik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-all_the_time-en-adv-iIepsRgb Disambiguation of 'frequently': 9 91
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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "spessissimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "celo vreme",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "цело време"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vezden",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "везден"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "stadig vekk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "co chwila"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "co chwilę"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "co rusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "o tempo inteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "o tempo todo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjo vrémja",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "всё вре́мя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "částo",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "ча́сто"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "fad na tìde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "a cada rato"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "a cada segundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "hela tiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "jämt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "ideligen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "hoài"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yeder montik un donershtik",
      "sense": "frequently",
      "word": "יעדער מאָנטיק און דאָנערשטיק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "all the time"
}

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