US /ˈfriːkwənt/ UK /ˈfɹiː.kwənt/
adj verb Freq #10557

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Happening or doing something often.

    I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.

  2. 2
    verb

    To visit a place often.

    They frequent a little café near the station.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · happening or doing... commoneverydaycontinual
Word family
Forms frequentedfrequentingfrequents
Derived forms equifrequentfrequentativefrequentismfrequentistfrequentisticfrequentnesshyperfrequentmonofrequentnonfrequentnormofrequentoverfrequentsemifrequent

Etymology

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).

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