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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oftentimes en · ADV

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɒf.ənˌtaɪmz/ (UK)
  • /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/ (US)
  • /ˈɔf.tənˌtaɪmz/ (US)
  • /ˈɑf.ənˌtaɪmz/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈɒf.tənˌtaɪmz/ (UK)
  • /ˈɑf.tənˌtaɪmz/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English oftentymes. By surface analysis, oftentime + -s. Compare oftentime. Compare also German oftmals, Middle French souventesfois.

Meanings

  1. (US, not-comparable, qualifier:elsewhere archaic) Frequently; often.
    • Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric. 1967, Ann Helen Stroup, An Investigation of the Dress of American Children from 1930 Through 1941 with Emphasis on Factors Influencing Change, page 195:
    • Over the past decade, the very nature of organized crime has changed, with many groups diversifying their income beyond drug trafficking, and large cartels splintering into smaller, oftentimes more nimble groups. 2023 January 10, Whitney Eulich, America Armenta, “Mexico arrests son of ‘El Chapo’: Why don’t citizens feel safer?”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
    • But because this is oftentimes dangerous, and much hurt hath been received thereby through casualty of fire, I advise the sticking four stakes into the earth, at least five feet above the ground […] 1804, Robert Wissett, On the Cultivation and Preparation of Hemp:

Synonyms

often · ofttimes · oftentime · oftwhiles

Translations (29)

nb om og om igjen (repeatedly) · fr souvent (frequently) · ro frecvent (frequently) · ast davezu (frequently) · ru ча́сто (frequently) · fr souventesfois (frequently) · aeb بَرْشَا مَرَّاتْ (frequently) · de oft (frequently) · no ofte (frequently) · ast repetidamente (repeatedly) · de oftmals (frequently) · eu maiz (frequently) · ar كَثِيرَ المَرَاتِ (frequently) · es reiteradamente (repeatedly) · cs častokrát (frequently) · frm souventesfois (frequently) · frm souventefois (frequently) · es frecuentemente (frequently) · sv om och om igen (repeatedly) · ru многокра́тно (repeatedly) · it frequentemente (frequently) · it ripetutamente (repeatedly) · ro repetat (repeatedly) · ast darréu (repeatedly) · ro deseori (frequently) · cs mnohdy (repeatedly) · es repetidamente (repeatedly) · sv ofta (frequently) · fr souventefois (frequently)