often
∞
1.0
- adverb
- /ˈɔfən/
:
a menudo
- But that does beg the question, how often should you be going?
- more often
- too often
- most often
But that does beg the question, how often should you be going?
- But that does beg the question, how often should you be going?
- Action is more than what we often take it as being.
- I think it's just mediocre code, often close to correct.
- And that's how stupid we are too often in this country.
- In how many cases, how often is that true?
- And I feel that way so often about my patrons.
- I think trying to create a brand often comes up.
- And now that coupling can often call for transformation.
- In these countries, food shortages often lead to uprisings.
- Sad mood and the related symptoms are often a response to stress.
- How we think, how we speak often dictates how we feel.
- Yeah, Pilgrim hats are often quite thin, quite fine.
- But they're coming to Earth more often than the Olympics.
- People who leave toxic companies, frankly, often go on to great things.
Examples
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He often forgets to bring his lunch to work.
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Equality alone is insufficient because it often simply weaves women into an existing world.
Academic text (2011) -
And I get asked often if it was worth it.
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So they can and often do run very long.
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But people often said, have often said, well, So what?
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Sad mood and the related symptoms are often a response to stress.
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In how many cases, how often is that true?
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In these countries, food shortages often lead to uprisings.
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The issue of mobility, such as student transfer, is often raised in district-level studies.
Academic text (2011) -
First, the very existence of partnership parks is often the manifestation of community desire.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To a large degree, very or a lot
740
1.0
Very often or all the time without stopping
476
1.0
Happening many times in a short time
386
1.0
Often at the same or fixed times
382
1.0
It happens again and again
354
1.8
Shows that something is done a lot
268
1.0
Happens many times
255
1.0
Many times on different occasions
146
3.5
In a regular way without much thought
139
2.9
Happening again and again over time, often with short breaks
98
4.9
Happens many times, usually within a short time
91
2.3
Happens often at set times
73
1.8
Very often on many occasions
52
2.6
Happens most of the time
47
1.8
Happens again and again
12
9.9
On many occasions
1
4.3
Happens again and again at regular times
On many occasions
Antonyms
Idioms
How Often
∞
1.0
740
1.0
476
1.0
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
438
2.0
539
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word often comes from the old English word oft, which means 'frequently' and is still the same word in German oft. So, think of oft as 'many times' to remember that often means 'frequently'.