frequent
- adjective
- /ˈfriːkwənt/
- He has to take frequent rests.
- frequent use
- frequent visits
- frequent visitors
It's, it's subject to frequent inspection and proof.
- It's, it's subject to frequent inspection and proof.
- They don't have frequent access to his person.
- It's a much simpler, less frequent event.
- Why is myopia becoming more frequent and to such greater degree?
- So he commented that Juan had previously mentioned frequent conflict with his black neighbors.
- And by the way, that's the most frequent solution.
- But yeah, make better content, make more frequent content, be more effective, grow quicker.
- Whilst I was lying in bed, the contractions were less frequent and further apart.
- The past three years had been defined by constant trauma and frequent humiliation.
- So you'll hear them as like frequent interruptions in the poem's basic narrative.
- So it's pretty frequent that Tor gets banned completely.
- So frequent farming can deplete the soils of boron.
Examples
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But hotel staff indicated the man, an apparent homicide victim, was a frequent guest there.
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The longer, warmer days and frequent rainfall had brought new growth leaping out of the ground.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's, it's subject to frequent inspection and proof.
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Our telephone conversations became more frequent; sometimes there were two or three a day.
Fiction book (1992) -
Problems of social cognition are much more frequent in men than in women.
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Why is myopia becoming more frequent and to such greater degree?
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I am a frequent international traveler.
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A combination of academic and behavioral concerns was the second most frequent reason for referral to special education.
Academic text (2011) -
So far as they knew, their son's frequent absences from home were nothing out of the ordinary.
Fiction book (1991) -
He takes frequent breaks during his workday to stay energized.
Synonyms
Happening at fixed times on a schedule
Happening again and again with short breaks
Happens often in the same way
Happening again and again, often at regular times
Happening at regular times
Happens again and again over time
Happening again and again
Antonyms
Compounds
How Often
Surface Forms
Etymology
Frequent (adjective) comes from the Latin frequens, meaning 'crowded' or 'repeated', and you can see the same idea in frequency. That's why frequent describes something that happens 'often' or many times.