frequent [adjective free -kwuh nt; verb fri-kwent , free -kwuh nt] adjective happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
constant, habitual, or regular: a frequent guest.
located at short distances apart: frequent towns along the shore.
verb (used with object) to visit often; go often to; be often in: to frequent the art galleries.
Origin of frequent 1400–50; late Middle English: ample, profuse < Latin frequent- (stem of frequēns ) crowded; (v.) (< Middle French fréquenter ) < Latin frequentāre, derivative of frequēns
Related forms fre·quent·a·ble , adjective fre·quent·er , noun fre·quent·ness , noun non·fre·quent , adjective non·fre·quent·ly , adverb o·ver·fre·quent , adjective o·ver·fre·quent·ly , adverb un·fre·quent , adjective un·fre·quent·ly , adverb un·fre·quent·a·ble , adjective well-fre·quent·ed , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for frequent commonplace ,
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reiterated Examples from the Web for frequent Contemporary Examples of frequent Think of it as a frequent buyer program for personal karma, or a spiritual band-aid.
As a major source for steel during World War II, Sheffield was a frequent target of bombing raids.
I inherited the Arnold Family Thunder ThighsTM, which was a source of frequent teasing and distress for me as a child.
It shows what the experience of any frequent flyer already demonstrates.
She married an architect and their children, Dialta as well as another daughter and two sons, were frequent guests at La Pietra.
Historical Examples of frequent Some books were in frequent use, but others were not forgotten.
Such a course is frequent and would not give the right of complaint to anybody.
The soliloquy and aside are evidently not so frequent in New Comedy.
Circumstances brought him into frequent contact with the natives there.
His visits there, as already remarked, had not been frequent of late.
British Dictionary definitions for frequent adjective (ˈfriːkwənt ) recurring at short intervals
constant or habitual
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verb (frɪˈkwɛnt ) (tr) to visit repeatedly or habitually
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Derived Forms frequentable , adjective frequenter , noun frequently , adverb frequentness , noun Word Origin for frequent C16: from Latin frequēns numerous; perhaps related to Latin farcīre to stuff
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Word Origin and History for frequent adj. mid-15c., "ample, profuse," from Middle French frequent , or directly from Latin frequentem (nominative frequens ) "crowded, repeated," of uncertain origin. Meaning "common, usual" is from 1530s; that of "happening at short intervals, often recurring" is from c.1600.
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v. late 15c., from Middle French frequenter , from Latin frequentare "visit regularly," from frequentem (see frequent (adj.)). Related: Frequented ; frequenting .
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