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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.
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Frequenter
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English: ample, profuse < Latin frequent- (stem of frequēns) crowded; (v.) (< Middle French fréquenter) < Latin frequentāre, derivative of frequēns
1400–50; late Middle English: ample, profuse < Latin frequent- (stem of frequēns) crowded; (v.) (< Middle French fréquenter) < Latin frequentāre, derivative of frequēns
Related forms
fre·quent·a·ble, adjective
fre·quent·er, noun
fre·quent·ness, noun
non·fre·quent, adjective
non·fre·quent·ly, adverb
EXPANDo·ver·fre·quent, adjective
o·ver·fre·quent·ly, adverb
un·fre·quent, adjective
un·fre·quent·ly, adverb
un·fre·quent·a·ble, adjective
well-fre·quent·ed, adjective
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| frequent | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | recurring at short intervals |
| 2. | constant or habitual |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to visit repeatedly or habitually |
| [C16: from Latin frequēns numerous; perhaps related to Latin farcīre to stuff] | |
| fre'quentable | |
| —adj | |
| fre'quenter | |
| —n | |
| 'frequently | |
| —adv | |
| 'frequentness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
frequent
1530s, from L. frequentem (nom. frequens) "crowded, repeated," of uncertain origin. The verb (late 15c.) is from L. frequentare "visit regularly." Related: Frequented; frequenting.
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