adj
verb
Freq #10557
Meanings
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1
adj
Happening or doing something often.
I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
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2
verb
To visit a place often.
They frequent a little café near the station.
Thesaurus
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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