Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Occurring or appearing quite often or at close intervals.
- adjective Habitual or regular.
- transitive verb To pay frequent visits to; be in or at often.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To crowd; fill.
- To visit often; resort to habitually: as, to
frequent the theater. - Crowded; thronged; fall.
- Often appearing, seen, or done; often repeated or recurring; coming or happening in close succession or at short intervals.
- Doing or accustomed to do a thing often; practising or given to repetition; repetitious; iterative: as, to be frequent in one's remonstrances.
- Currently reported; often heard.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To visit often; to resort to often or habitually.
- transitive verb obsolete To make full; to fill.
- adjective Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring.
- adjective Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
- adjective obsolete Full; crowded; thronged.
- adjective obsolete Often or commonly reported.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To visit often.
- adjective Done or occurring
often ;common .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- adjective frequently encountered
- adjective coming at short intervals or habitually
- verb be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"We had the promise of stable retirement," Silva said, after a career spent in what he described as frequent contact with human blood, puke and poop.
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Although Mr. Kushchenko says he will have neither a financial stake nor a formal role in the Nets 'organization, he speaks with a proprietary air about his colleague's venture and what he calls their frequent "joint reflections" on it.
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GERARD KAISER, JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Because of their status, they often do not keep the follow-up appointments, and if there are then problems in the follow-up or particularly need to continue medication, if that's not done, then they return to the hospital and become what we call frequent flyers to the emergency room.
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And there's a Japanese company, Triumph International, that's launching what it calls a frequent flier bra, guaranteed not to set off the metal detectors because, you see, there are no wires.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb 9, Reuter - A top South African industrialist expressed concern at what he called frequent, confusing and often contradictory statements made by various African National Congress
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Celebrated writer and Xiamen University Professor Yi Zhongtian advocates the move amidst what he calls the frequent occurrence of "moral dust storms."
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Thomas Gandow, criticized what he called the frequent belittlement of Scientology in the media and the indecision of politicians to work towards banning the organization in Germany.
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Celebrated writer and Xiamen University Professor Yi Zhongtian advocates the move amidst what he calls the frequent occurrence of "moral dust storms."
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Long earned the nickname "bus barn bully" by drivers and other transportation employees for what they described as frequent violent outbursts and aggressive behavior.
FortBendNow.com 2009
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We need the marketing money to spur growth in what we call our frequent-flier segment.
Think Progress 2009
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