frequent
English
Etymology 1
From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrek- (“to cram together”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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.
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- frequent feudal towers
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- Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
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- He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.
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- (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
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- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
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- (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
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- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
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Translations
done or occurring often
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- ^ Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in English
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French frequenter, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”)
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛnt
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Verb
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.
Derived terms
Translations
to visit often
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Further reading
- “frequent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “frequent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
frequent (comparative frequenter, superlative am frequentesten)
Declension
Further reading
- “frequent” in Duden online
Old French
Adjective
frequent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente)
Declension
Declension of frequent
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