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fre·quent

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–adjective

1.	happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.

2.	constant, habitual, or regular: a frequent guest.

3.	located at short distances apart: frequent towns along the shore.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to visit often; go often to; be often in: to frequent the art galleries.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME: ample, profuse < L frequent- (s. of frequéns) crowded; (v.) (< MF fréquenter) < L frequentāre, deriv. of frequéns

]

—Related forms

fre·quent·a·ble, adjective

fre·quent·er, noun

fre·quent·ness, noun

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fre·quent Audio Help (frē'kwənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Occurring or appearing quite often or at close intervals: frequent errors of judgment.
Habitual or regular: a frequent visitor to our house.

tr.v. also (frē-kwěnt') fre·quent·ed, fre·quent·ing, fre·quents
To pay frequent visits to; be in or at often: frequent a restaurant.

[Middle English, ample, profuse, from Old French, from Latin frequēns, frequent-, crowded, numerous, frequent.]

fre'quen·ta'tion n., fre·quent'er (-kwěn'tər) n., fre'quent·ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
frequent

1531, from L. frequentem (nom. frequens) "crowded, repeated," of uncertain origin. The v. (1477) is from L. frequentare "visit regularly." Frequency (1551) came to be used 1831 in physics for "rate of recurrence," especially of a vibration. In radio electronics, frequency modulation (1922, abbreviated F.M.) as a system of broadcasting is distinguished from amplitude modulation (or A.M.).

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frequent
adjective
1.	coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints" [ant: infrequent]
2.	frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb 'lay' for the intransitive 'lie'";
verb
1.	do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of [syn: patronize] [ant: boycott]
2.	be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"

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frequent [ˈfriːkwənt] adjective

happening often
Example: He made frequent journeys.

Arabic:	مُتَكَرِّر
Chinese (Simplified):	时常发生的
Chinese (Traditional):	時常發生的
Czech:	častý
Danish:	hyppig; jævnlig
Dutch:	frequent
Estonian:	sagedane
Finnish:	usein toistuva
French:	fréquent
German:	häufig
Greek:	συχνός
Hungarian:	gyakori
Icelandic:	tíður
Indonesian:	sering
Italian:	frequente

Japanese:	たびたびの
Korean:	잦은, 빈번한
Latvian:	biežs
Lithuanian:	dažnas
Norwegian:	hyppig, stadig
Polish:	częsty
Portuguese (Brazil):	freqüente
Portuguese (Portugal):	frequente
Romanian:	frecvent
Russian:	частый
Slovak:	častý
Slovenian:	pogost
Spanish:	frecuente
Swedish:	ofta förekommande
Turkish:	sık sık olan

frequent [ˈfriːkwəntfriˈkwent] verb

to visit often
Example: He used to frequent the George Hotel.

Arabic:	يزور تِكرارا
Chinese (Simplified):	常去
Chinese (Traditional):	常去
Czech:	často navštěvovat
Danish:	besøge hyppigt; frekventere
Dutch:	regelmatig bezoeken
Estonian:	sageli külastama
Finnish:	käydä usein
French:	fréquenter
German:	oft aufsuchen
Greek:	συχνάζω
Hungarian:	gyakran ellátogat (vhová)
Icelandic:	stunda, sækja
Indonesian:	sering mengunjungi
Italian:	frequentare

Japanese:	～によく行く
Korean:	자주 가다, 종종 방문하다
Latvian:	bieži apmeklēt
Lithuanian:	dažnai lankyti(s)
Norwegian:	vanke i, besøke ofte, frekventere
Polish:	często bywać
Portuguese (Brazil):	freqüentar
Portuguese (Portugal):	frequentar
Romanian:	a frecventa
Russian:	часто посещать
Slovak:	často chodiť (do)
Slovenian:	biti reden gost
Spanish:	frecuentar
Swedish:	frekventera
Turkish:	sık (sık) gitmek

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Frequent

Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced, p. pr. & vb. n. Farcing.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm, Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]

1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]

The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp. Sanderson.

His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.

2. To render fat. [Obs.]

If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson.

3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]

Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.

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Frequent

Fre"quen*cy\, n.; pl. Frequencies. [L. frequentia numerous attendance, multitude: cf. F. fr['e]quence. See Frequent.]

1. The condition of returning frequently; occurrence often repeated; common occurence; as, the frequency of crimes; the frequency of miracles.

The reasons that moved her to remove were, because Rome was a place of riot and luxury, her soul being almost stifled with, the frequencies of ladies' visits. --Fuller.

2. A crowd; a throng. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

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