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sempre

American

[sem-prey, sem-pre] / ˈsɛm preɪ, ˈsɛm prɛ /

adverb

throughout.

sempre British

/ ˈsɛmprɪ /

adverb

music (preceding a tempo or dynamic marking) always; consistently. It is used to indicate that a specified volume, tempo, etc, is to be sustained throughout a piece or passage

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Etymology

Origin of sempre

1885–90; < Italian: always < Latin semper

Example Sentences

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One person in the procession held up a sign with Silva's photograph, which read: "Para sempre um de nós."

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025

Does Adès also nod to “E sempre lava!” from Puccini’s “Tosca”? Maybe Tchaikovsky and the Dies Irae, too?

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Não ceder a esse medo, e sim dar as mãos a quem pretende lutar contra ele, este é sempre o antídoto para essa toxina.

From The Guardian • Jan. 31, 2020

No, camp will sempre viva, as the immortal Isabella Rossellini once put it.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2013

Non mancano In me vezzi, e lusinghe, ond' al mio fianco Fedel sia sempre.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo

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