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ˈfri kwənt; frɪˈkwɛnt, ˈfri kwəntfre·quent
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Princeton's WordNet
frequentadjective
coming at short intervals or habitually
"a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"
frequentverb
frequently encountered
"a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";
patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsorverb
do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
frequent, hauntverb
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
"She haunts the ballet"
Webster Dictionary
Frequentnoun
often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits
Frequentnoun
addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent
Frequentnoun
full; crowded; thronged
Frequentnoun
often or commonly reported
Frequentadjective
to visit often; to resort to often or habitually
Frequentadjective
to make full; to fill
Etymology: [L. frequentare: cf. F. frquenter. See Frequent, a.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Frequent
frē′kwent, adj. coming or occurring often.—ns. Frē′quence (Milt.), a crowd, an assembly; Frē′quency, repeated occurrence of anything.—v.t. Frequent′, to visit often.—ns. Frē′quentage, habit of frequenting; Frequentā′tion, the act of visiting often.—adj. Frequent′ative (gram.), denoting the frequent repetition of an action.—n. (gram.) a verb expressing this repetition.—n. Frequent′er.—adv. Frē′quently.—n. Frē′quentness. [L. frequens, frequentis; cog. with farcīre, to stuff.]
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Rank popularity for the word 'frequent' in Adjectives Frequency: #528
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The numerical value of frequent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of frequent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of frequent in a Sentence
Someone who is probably a rural worker in the woods, in the forest, in the jungle gets bit by a mosquito who is infected with yellow fever but likely got it from a monkey, so it goes from animal to human, but it doesn't get into the population of Aedes aegypti, which are very frequent in the big cities like Rio de Janeiro.
My biggest budgeting challenge before developing You Need a Budget was dealing with an irregular income, but YNAB teaches you to budget only the money you have on hand, so it becomes much more manageable. And now I prepare for large, less frequent expenses (like vacations!) by spreading them out as monthly costs, saving a lot of stress.
We don't see frequent fever. So only a minor proportion of participants in this trial have fever, we see also much lower symptoms like headache or like feeling tired. And the symptoms that are observed with such vaccines are temporary, they are usually observed for one or two days and then are gone.
Their response was fantastic and I appreciate them. I'm glad to know they are safe, as many of you are aware, we are seeing larger and more destructive fires burn throughout California on a much more frequent basis. Historically, we've used the terms such as anomaly, unprecedented, or extreme to describe the wildfires that we have seen burn throughout the state over the last 20 years. These terms are no longer appropriate given the clear trends associated with drought, changing climate.
Biden's frequent trips to Pennsylvania and Michigan follow in the footsteps of George W. Bush, Presidents Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, who all dedicated a substantial portion of their early presidential travel to states that they had narrowly won or lost in the previous election.
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- متكررArabic
- частыBelarusian
- посещавам често, честBulgarian
- častýCzech
- häufigGerman
- συχνόςGreek
- oftaEsperanto
- frecuentar, frecuenteSpanish
- fréquenter, fréquent, hanter, fréquenteFrench
- minicigh, minicIrish
- बारंबार, बार बारHindi
- seringIndonesian
- títt, sækja, venja komur sínar í, tíður, tíð, venja komur sínar á, stundaIcelandic
- frequente, assiduo, frequentareItalian
- 頻繁Japanese
- 빈번Korean
- frequensLatin
- dažnasLithuanian
- biežsLatvian
- pūputu, putuputuMāori
- frequent, veelvuldigDutch
- hyppigNorwegian
- częsty, uczęszczaćPolish
- freqüentePortuguese
- frecventRomanian
- посещать, частый, частоRussian
- čest, честSerbo-Croatian
- častýSlovak
- frekventSwedish
- அடிக்கடிTamil
- తరచుగాTelugu
- บ่อยThai
- sıkçaTurkish
- частийUkrainian
- بار بارUrdu
- 頻繁Chinese
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