Definitions for FREQUENT
ˈfri kwənt; frɪˈkwɛnt, ˈfri kwəntfre·quent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. frequentadjective

   coming at short intervals or habitually

   "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"

2. frequentverb

   frequently encountered

   "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";

3. patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsorverb

   do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

4. frequent, hauntverb

   be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place

   "She haunts the ballet"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FREQUENTadjective

   Etymology: frequent, French; frequens, Latin.

   1. Often done; often seen; often occurring.

   An ancient and imperial city falls;
   The streets are fill’d with frequent funerals. John Dryden, Æn.

   Frequent herses shall besiege your gates. Alexander Pope.

   2. Used often to practise any thing.

   Every man thinks he may pretend to any employment, provided he has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Jonathan Swift.

   3. Full of concourse.

   Frequent and full. John Milton.

2. To Frequentverb

   To visit often; to be much in any place; to resort often to.

   Etymology: frequento, Latin; frequenter, French.

   Latter day,
   Finding in it fit ports for fishers trade,
   ’Gan more the same frequent, and further to invade. F. Q.

   There were synagogues for men to resort unto: our Saviour himself, and after him the apostles, frequented them. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 11.

   This fellow here, this thy creature,
   By night frequents my house. William Shakespeare, Timon.

   At that time this land was known and frequented by the ships and vessels. Francis Bacon.

   With tears
   Wat’ring the ground, and with our sighs the air
   Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign
   Of sorrow unfeign’d, and humiliation meek. John Milton, P. L.

   To serve my friends, the senate I frequent;
   And there what I before digested; vent. John Denham.

   That he frequented the court of Augustus, and was well received in it, is most undoubted. John Dryden, Ovid, Preface.

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1. frequent

   Frequent refers to something happening or appearing often or at short intervals. It can also refer to the action of regularly visiting or going to a particular place.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Frequentnoun

   often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits

2. Frequentnoun

   addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent

3. Frequentnoun

   full; crowded; thronged

4. Frequentnoun

   often or commonly reported

5. Frequentadjective

   to visit often; to resort to often or habitually

6. Frequentadjective

   to make full; to fill

7. Etymology: [L. frequentare: cf. F. frquenter. See Frequent, a.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Frequent

   frē′kwent, adj. coming or occurring often.—ns. Frē′quence (Milt.), a crowd, an assembly; Frē′quency, repeated occurrence of anything.—v.t. Frequent′, to visit often.—ns. Frē′quentage, habit of frequenting; Frequentā′tion, the act of visiting often.—adj. Frequent′ative (gram.), denoting the frequent repetition of an action.—n. (gram.) a verb expressing this repetition.—n. Frequent′er.—adv. Frē′quently.—n. Frē′quentness. [L. frequens, frequentis; cog. with farcīre, to stuff.]

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1. Frequent

   Frequency vs. Frequent -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Frequency and Frequent.

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1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FREQUENT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3886

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FREQUENT' in Adjectives Frequency: #528

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How to pronounce FREQUENT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say FREQUENT in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FREQUENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FREQUENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of FREQUENT in a Sentence

1. Congwen Zhu:

   A hotter and longer summer will suffer more frequent and intensified high-temperature events -- heatwaves and wildfires.

2. James Madison:

   The danger of disturbing the public tranquillity by interesting too strongly the public passions, is a still more serious objection against a frequent reference of constitutional questions to the decision of the whole society.

3. Karl Braganza:

   Australia's getting warmer, the fire season's getting longer and the severity of the fire weather during that season is getting more frequent and severe, when we look at the projections that we do for climate change, certainly Australia should be preparing for those trends to continue.

4. Joseph Addison:

   Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of the soul; and thus it may be looked on as weakness in the composition of human nature. But if we consider the frequent reliefs we receive from it and how often it breaks the gloom which is apt to depress the mind and damp our spirits, with transient, unexpected gleams of joy, one would take care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life.

5. Bhanuprakash Kolla:

   Up to two-thirds of them report sleep disturbances when they stop cannabis use, and it is a frequent reason for relapse to cannabis use, therefore, cannabis can set up a pattern where it is minimally helpful for sleep in the short term and then disrupt sleep, making it difficult to stop use in the medium to long term.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=FREQUENT
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=FREQUENT
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/FREQUENT
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=FREQUENT
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=FREQUENT