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to frequent

to frequent

49 3.2
To visit a place often, for example a coffee shop or club
  • verb
  • /ˈfriːkwənt/
translation icon : frecuentar
  • He likes to frequent the cafe downtown where he can enjoy a good cup of coffee.
  • frequent dance clubs
  • frequent places
  • frequented locations

It's it's my current, it's my current gas station that I frequent the most and that's twice daily.

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Examples

  • Well, the the places you frequent, they go in and they make, they have relationships with these small banks.

  • At the far end of the glade, she skirted a pond frequented by red deer and herons.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • No, I have some favorite places that I like to frequent and I like places like I like my bed.

  • You are happy to have them frequent the music room and enjoy spending time with them.

    Academic text (1991)
  • I had them made at a shop I frequent.

  • Maybe it's a place he frequents a lot and he works in the area.

  • I knew the kind of people that frequented these bars.

  • Eventually, he left his grandparents' home and began frequenting the Islamic Center of Orange County.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A resident population of a dozen ducks frequents the swimming beach area.

    Academic text (2002)
  • For tea and tiny lunches, mostly frequented by women, but that was during the day.

    Fiction book (1993)

Synonyms

to haunt
vsto frequent
43 3.9

To visit a place often as a habit

is to visit often without implying purchase or customer relationship
to patronize
vsto frequent
  • US
14 5.3

To often buy things from a shop or use its services

is to visit often in general, not specifically to buy or support

Compounds

A person who flies often and gets rewards from an airline

How Often

to patronize
  • US
14 5.3
to frequent
49 3.2
to drop in
  • Informal
72 3.6

Surface Forms

frequent infinitive
frequented past
frequented past participle
frequenting present participle
frequents third person singular

Etymology

Frequent (verb) comes from the Latin word frequens, which meant 'crowded' or 'repeated' and is the same root as frequency. So to frequent a place is to go there often, again and again.