frequent
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrek- (“to cram together”).[1]
PronunciationEdit
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/
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AdjectiveEdit
frequent (comparative more frequent or frequenter, superlative most frequent or frequentest)
- Done or occurring often; common.
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- 1999, Nicholas Walker, “The Reorientation of Critical Theory: Habermas”, in Simon Glemdinning, editor, The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy[1], Routledge, →ISBN, page 489:
- During the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, this commitment brought him into frequent critical confrontation with entrenched forms of conservative thinking [...]
- Occurring at short intervals.
- 1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], OCLC 1015450009, stanza LV.2, page 31:
- Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]
- Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- 1709, [Jonathan Swift], A Project for the Advancement of Religion, and the Reformation of Manners. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke, […], OCLC 220146796, page 59:
- [E]very Man thinks he has laid in a ſufficient Stock of Merit, and my pretend to any Employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himſelf hearty for the Government.
- (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
- 1603 (first performance; published 1605), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Seianus his Fall. A Tragœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Ben Jonson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, OCLC 960101342:
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
- (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
- 1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
- 1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor
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done or occurring often
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- ^ Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English
Etymology 2Edit
From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”).
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VerbEdit
frequent (third-person singular simple present frequents, present participle frequenting, simple past and past participle frequented)
- (transitive) To visit often.
- I used to frequent that restaurant.
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TranslationsEdit
to visit often
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Further readingEdit
- frequent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- frequent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French frequent.
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AdjectiveEdit
frequent (comparative frequenter, superlative frequentst)
- frequent
- Synonyms: veelvuldig, vaak
InflectionEdit
| Inflection of frequent | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | frequent | |||
| inflected | frequente | |||
| comparative | frequenter | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | frequent | frequenter | het frequentst het frequentste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | frequente | frequentere | frequentste |
| n. sing. | frequent | frequenter | frequentste | |
| plural | frequente | frequentere | frequentste | |
| definite | frequente | frequentere | frequentste | |
| partitive | frequents | frequenters | — | |
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frequent (strong nominative masculine singular frequenter, comparative frequenter, superlative am frequentesten)
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Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
frequent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of frequent