Frequent
adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 To visit often. transitive
"I used to frequent that restaurant."
- 2 be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place wordnet
- 3 do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of wordnet
- 1 Done or occurring often; common.
"I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired."
- 2 Occurring at short intervals.
"Above, the frequent feudal towers / Through green leaves lift their walls of grey, [...]"
- 3 Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
"[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."
- 4 Full; crowded; thronged. obsolete
"'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate."
- 5 Often or commonly reported. obsolete
"'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci."
- 1 frequently encountered wordnet
- 2 coming at short intervals or habitually wordnet
Example
More examples"The teacher was worried by Tom's frequent absence from class."
Etymology
From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).
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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