[
US
/ˈfɹiˌkwɛnt, ˈfɹikwənt/
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ADJECTIVE
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frequently encountered
a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie' -
coming at short intervals or habitually
frequent complaints
a frequent guest
VERB
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be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
She haunts the ballet - do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
How To Use frequent In A Sentence
- The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes. Christianity Today
- Harsh discipline was the child's lot, and they were often terrorized deliberately and, not infrequently, sexually abused.
- Close beside me stood my excellent friend Griffiths, the jolly hosteler, of whom I take the present opportunity of saying a few words, though I dare say he has been frequently described before, and by far better pens. The Bible in Spain
- This is the lowest attendance for the first four days since 2007, when frequent rain interruptions hit the first week. Times, Sunday Times
- These positions are frequently referred to respectively as objectivism and constructionism.
- Young barristers undertaking publicly funded work frequently earn very little in their first years. Times, Sunday Times
- Women also frequently work in family businesses as shopkeepers and seamstresses.
- Why do mindless vandals frequently ruin our beautiful parks and public buildings?
- Except for the frequent conferences now in the new Forty-second Street offices that commanded a view of two rivers and a vast battledoor and shuttlecock of the city, it was the first time in all those years that stretched from the night at the Waldorf that they had sat thus tête-à-tête. Star-Dust
- It has been frequently asked if the existing and accepted formula for determining in advance the amount of refined sugar that may be extracted from either beets, _masse cuite_ or raw sugar, is to be considered exact, without special allowance being made for raffinose. Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891