Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In the same manner throughout. Used chiefly as a direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, in the same style throughout; similarly: used with some other direction, to prevent this from being forgotten, or its force suspended: as, sempre piano, softly throughout. Compare
simile .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb (Mus.) Always; throughout.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb music, as a qualifier
always ,still
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In just about every instance, at the end of their well-meaning recitations, these kind direction-givers have used the phrase sempre dirittoalways straight.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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In just about every instance, at the end of their well-meaning recitations, these kind direction-givers have used the phrase sempre dirittoalways straight.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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In just about every instance, at the end of their well-meaning recitations, these kind direction-givers have used the phrase sempre dirittoalways straight.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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In just about every instance, at the end of their well-meaning recitations, these kind direction-givers have used the phrase sempre dirittoalways straight.
The Italian Summer Roland Merullo 2009
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And so I wrote my own inaugural address and I had these kind of sempre Sousa marches I would play to rev myself up, and then I'd -- would go off and I would give this talk.
Confessions of a White House Ghostwriter: Five Presidents and other Political Adventures 1997
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Corajoso porque, confesso, morro de inveja delas: da coragem, da obstinação, da intuição, do olhar sempre distante e sempre presente; da fortaleza e da fraqueza que revelam.
Global Voices in English » Brazil: Indian writers and poets on the blogosphere 2009
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Eles acreditaram sempre, nós apenas “acordámos” depois de muito terem eles e elas sofrido, como se uma lança espetada de dor nos tivesse impelido a “acordar” … foi assim a partir do Massacre de Sta.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Celebrating Global Solidarity for Freedom 2009
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Fico sensibilizado por constatar que a memória de muitas pessoas poderá ser reavivada com este relembrar dos já 10 anos passados sobre os graves acontecimentos de 1999 em Timor-Leste e, quem sabe, a exemplo daquela altura, se unam hoje e sempre também por um Mundo melhor, por um Timor-Leste melhor!
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Celebrating Global Solidarity for Freedom 2009
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No final da tarde percebe-se que esse stock acabou pois eram as páginas amarelas que fluíam nessa altura … aquele ventinho sempre a ajudar e a depositar os protestos em plena embaixada dos EUA, nas árvores, no seu jardim e envolventes.
Global Voices in English » East Timor: Celebrating Global Solidarity for Freedom 2009
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Quero enfatizar aqui, e já o fiz noutros escritos, que uma crença pode até ser infundada, i. é., não ser baseada em razões plausíveis, mas tem sempre efeitos reais.
Global Voices in English » Mozambique: House of the Flying Azagaias 2009
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