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frequent en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).

Meanings

  1. Done or occurring often; common.
    • I am a frequent visitor to that city.
    • During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking [...] 1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 489:
    • There are frequent trains to the beach available.
    • I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
  2. Occurring at short intervals.
    • Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...] 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza LV.2, page 31:
  3. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
    • [E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government. 1709, [Jonathan Swift], A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, […], →OCLC, page 59:
  4. (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
    • 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate. 1603 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Seianus His Fall, London: […] G[eorge] Elld, for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
  5. (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
    • 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci. 1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor:

Forms

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frequenter Degree=Cmp lexicographic
frequentest Degree=Sup lexicographic
most frequent Degree=Sup lexicographic
more frequent Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

non-common · scantling · geason · infrequent · raresome · rare · scarce · seld · rare · selly · unfrequent · dearthy · few and far between · scant · in short supply · uncommon · uncommon · superrare · seldom · selcouth

Deriveds

overfrequent · frequentative · normofrequent · frequentism · hyperfrequent · frequentist · nonfrequent · frequentness · frequentistic · semifrequent · monofrequent · unfrequent · frequent flyer · equifrequent · frequent flier

Relateds

frequently asked questions · frequently · infrequent · frequency

Synonyms

steady · two a penny · quotidian · common as dirt · average · basic · regular · common as muck · everyday · pedestrian · regular · ten a penny · dime a dozen · frequent · common · nonrare · habitual · routinary · bog-standard · common as bums · routine · common as pig tracks · recurring · continual · usual · usual · par for the course · general · workaday · plain

Translations (62)

gd minig (done or occurring often) · ka ხშირი (done or occurring often) · it assiduo (done or occurring often) · be ча́сты (done or occurring often) · nl veelvuldig (done or occurring often) · da hyppig (done or occurring often) · lt dažnas (done or occurring often) · fi usein tapahtuva (done or occurring often) · gv mennick (done or occurring often) · eo ofta (done or occurring often) · sh čest (done or occurring often) · el συχνός (done or occurring often) · hi बार बार (done or occurring often) · grc πυκνός (done or occurring often) · fr fréquent (done or occurring often) · da ofte (done or occurring often) · ms kerap (done or occurring often) · vi thường xuyên (done or occurring often) · cmn 頻繁 /频繁 (done or occurring often) · es frecuente (done or occurring often) · la creber (done or occurring often) · ar مُتَكَرِّر (done or occurring often) · uk ча́стий (done or occurring often) · fi jatkuva (done or occurring often) · ro frecvent (done or occurring often) · ca freqüent (done or occurring often) · it frequente (done or occurring often) · sk častý (done or occurring often) · mi pūputu (done or occurring often) · fi taaja (done or occurring often) · nl frequent (done or occurring often) · mfe frekan (done or occurring often) · is tíður (done or occurring often) · la frequēns (done or occurring often) · ast frecuente (done or occurring often) · sh чест (done or occurring often) · lv biežs (done or occurring often) · pl częsty (done or occurring often) · ko 빈번한 (done or occurring often) · cy aelaw (done or occurring often) · tr sıkça (done or occurring often) · hu gyakori (done or occurring often) · ga minic (done or occurring often) · fi yleinen (done or occurring often) · non iðugligr (done or occurring often) · pt frequente (done or occurring often) · grc συχνός (done or occurring often) · mi auau (done or occurring often) · da tit (done or occurring often) · ru ча́стый (done or occurring often) · la saepis (done or occurring often) · mi putuputu (done or occurring often) · ja 頻繁な (done or occurring often) · bg чест (done or occurring often) · fi toistuva (done or occurring often) · hi बारंबार (done or occurring often) · de häufig (done or occurring often) · cy aml (done or occurring often) · cs častý (done or occurring often) · pt freqüente (done or occurring often) · no hyppig (done or occurring often) · non iðuligr (done or occurring often)

frequent en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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  • /fɹɪˈkwɛnt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”).

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To visit often.
    • I used to frequent that restaurant.

Forms

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frequents Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
frequenting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frequented Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
frequented Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

frequenter · frequentage · frequentation · unfrequent · frequentable · unfrequented

Translations (37)

gl amiudar (to visit often) · cs často chodit (to visit often) · fr hanter (to visit often) · pl bywać (to visit often) · es frecuentar (to visit often) · nl frequenteren (to visit often) · ru ча́сто посеща́ть (to visit often) · is sækja (to visit often) · es prodigarse (to visit often) · mi hōngongoi (to visit often) · fr fréquenter (to visit often) · da besøge (to visit often) · is venja komur sínar á (to visit often) · ny kubwérabwera (to visit often) · ru части́ть (to visit often) · bg посещавам често (to visit often) · is stunda (to visit often) · grc φοιτάω (to visit often) · mi muremure (to visit often) · da frekventere (to visit often) · ar اِرْتَادَ (to visit often) · is venja komur sínar í (to visit often) · hu látogat (to visit often) · pt frequentar (to visit often) · ca freqüentar (to visit often) · pl uczęszczać (to visit often) · eo vizitadi (to visit often) · ru захаживать (to visit often) · hu eljár (to visit often) · ga minicigh (to visit often) · cs pravidelně navštěvovat (to visit often) · hu jár (to visit often) · oc frequentar (to visit often) · mi hōngoingoi (to visit often) · gl frecuentar (to visit often) · fi käydä usein (to visit often) · it frequentare (to visit often)