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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, ofttimesadverb
many times at short intervals
"we often met over a cup of coffee"
much, a great deal, oftenadverb
frequently or in great quantities
"I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much"
oftenadverb
in many cases or instances
Wiktionary
oftenadverb
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
I don't cry very often, but my eyes were full with tears.
The good thing is, once we educate schools about the cultural and religious significance of eagle feathers, they're often more willing to allow it.
In time we hate that which we often fear.
The shortest route to enter into the Indian film industry for a female actor is not through an acting school, but often via a beauty pageant show.
The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.
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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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