What does often mean?
Definitions for often
ˈɔ fən, ˈɒf ən; ˈɔf tən, ˈɒf-of·ten
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word often.
Princeton's WordNet
frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes(adverb)
many times at short intervals
"we often met over a cup of coffee"
much, a great deal, often(adverb)
frequently or in great quantities
"I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much"
often(adverb)
in many cases or instances
Wiktionary
often(Adverb)
Frequently, many times.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'often' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #216
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'often' in Written Corpus Frequency: #505
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'often' in Adverbs Frequency: #38
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of often in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of often in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of often in a Sentence
Whether Irish or Chinese, Jewish, Japanese or Latino, our newest neighbors have all too often been greeted by a chorus of ignorance.
The one product that’s always on trend to put cruisers’ minds at ease is travel insurance, a big misconception we found in our survey was that many Americans (59.2 percent) believe their cruise line would be equipped to handle serious medical emergencies when in actuality, cruise lines often require passengers to be transported to the closest medical facility for treatment. Often local medical facilities may not be equipped to handle major medical problems and some cruisers may need to be evacuated by air ambulance to the U.S. for treatment.
Those who worry about the glass being "half-full or half-empty" often miss out on two important points: (a) the glass is always re-fillable, and (b) there's always a full pitcher around to refill the empty and half-filled glasses, over and over again. In my view, Life offers you millions of opportunities in a pitcher, besides what you already have in your hands. So be smart, grab that full pitcher, continue to refill the glass whenever necessary, and enjoy the party.
Scaremongering about 'LGBT ideology' has almost become official policy in Poland with often nasty insinuations from members of the government and public media now the norm.
Levels of economic development or differences in political systems between countries had less of an impact on outcomes than often assumed or publicised, in general, countries with smaller populations, cohesive societies, and capable institutions have a comparative advantage in dealing with a global crisis such as a pandemic.
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Translations for often
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- dikwelsAfrikaans
- كثيراً, غالباً, غالباArabic
- tez-tezAzerbaijani
- ча́стаBelarusian
- чѐстоBulgarian
- প্রায়ইBengali
- aliesBreton
- sovintCatalan, Valencian
- častoCzech
- yn amlWelsh
- ofte, hyppigDanish
- oft, häufigGerman
- συχνάGreek
- ofteEsperanto
- seguido, frecuentemente, a menudoSpanish
- sageli, tihtiEstonian
- maizBasque
- اغلب, بارهاPersian
- useinFinnish
- souventFrench
- [[go]] [[minic]]Irish
- tric, gu tricScottish Gaelic
- לעיתים קרובותHebrew
- अक्सरHindi
- souvanHaitian Creole
- gyakranHungarian
- հաճախArmenian
- soventeInterlingua
- seringIndonesian
- ofteIdo
- títt, oft, oftlega, ósjaldan, iðulega, þrá-Icelandic
- spessoItalian
- 頻繁, 度々, よく, しばしばJapanese
- ხშირ-ხშირად, ხშირადGeorgian
- жиі-жиі, жиіKazakh
- ញឹកញាប់Khmer
- ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆKannada
- 수시로, 자주Korean
- زۆر جار, بارهها, گهلێ جارKurdish
- тез-тез, жышKyrgyz
- saepe, saepenumerōLatin
- dacksLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ບ່ອຽ, ຈະໄຈ້, ຄ້ອຽLao
- dažnaiLithuanian
- biežiLatvian
- честоMacedonian
- байн байн, үргэлжMongolian
- sering, kerapMalay
- spissMaltese
- မကြာခဏ, ခဏခဏ, ခုတင်ခုBurmese
- vaak, dikwijlsDutch
- ofte, hyppigNorwegian
- moozhagOjibwe, Ojibwa
- częstoPolish
- freqüentementePortuguese
- savensRomansh
- desRomanian
- зачасту́ю, часте́нько, ча́сто, довольно частоRussian
- čȇsto, че̑стоSerbo-Croatian
- častoSlovak
- pogóstoSlovene
- shpeshAlbanian
- oftaSwedish
- பலநேரம், அவ்வப்பொழுது, அடிக்கடிTamil
- తరచుగా, తరచూTelugu
- ағлаб, зичTajik
- บ่อยThai
- ýygy, ýygy-ýygydan, aglabaTurkmen
- sık sık, sıkTurkish
- ешTatar
- ча́сто, частоUkrainian
- اکثرUrdu
- tez-tezUzbek
- luôn, thường, hayVietnamese
- suvoVolapük
- sovintWalloon
- 经常Chinese
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