Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

always already

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.34 in modern English

Syllables: al-ways al-ready
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By definition or inherently; a priori.

Example Sentences

"From PK's perspective, PK is always already achieved. Since every geistige being always already participates in PK, the most 'complete bias' possible is when a thinker is utterly mistaken about PK: independently of how false a notion of[…]"
"Hence individuals are 'abstract' with respect to the subjects, which they always-already are. [...] That an individual is always-already a subject, even before he is born, is nevertheless the plain reality, accessible to everyone[…]"

Etymology

Calque of German immer schon.

Inflected Forms

always-already (alternative)

Questions

What does always already mean?: By definition or inherently; a priori.
Where does always already come from?: Calque of German immer schon.

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