Meaning of FREQUENT
| Pronunciation: | | [adj]'freekwunt, [n]'free'kwunt, [v]fri'kwent
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- [adj] frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";
- [adj] coming at short intervals or habitually; "a frequent guest"; "frequent complaints"
- [v] do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- [v] be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
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| | Synonyms: | | buy at, common, patronise, patronize, predominant, prevailing, regular, shop, shop at, sponsor, steady |
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| | Antonyms: | | boycott, infrequent | | |
| | See Also: | | back up, support, travel to, visit | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Fre"quent\, a. [L. frequens, -entis, crowded,
frequent, akin to farcire to stuff: cf. F. fr['e]quent. Cf.
{Farce}, n.]
1. Often to be met with; happening at short intervals; often
repeated or occurring; as, frequent visits. ``Frequent
feudal towers.'' --Byron.
2. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in
any practice; habitual; persistent.
He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself
hearty for the government. --Swift.
3. Full; crowded; thronged. [Obs.]
'T is C[ae]sar's will to have a frequent senate.
--B. Jonson.
4. Often or commonly reported. [Obs.]
'T is frequent in the city he hath subdued The Catti
and the Daci. --Massinger.
\Fre*quent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frequented}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Frequenting}.] [L. frequentare: cf. F.
fr['e]quenter. See {Frequent}, a.]
1. To visit often; to resort to often or habitually.
He frequented the court of Augustus. --Dryden.
2. To make full; to fill. [Obs.]
With their sighs the air Frequenting, sent from
hearts contrite. --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | affect, attend, automatic, beaten, common, constant, continual, continuing, continuous, countless, customary, cyclical, ever-recurring, everyday, familiar, frequentative, habitual, hackneyed, hang around, hang out, hang out at, haunt, haunting, incessant, infest, innumerable, iterative, many, many times, normal, not rare, numerous, of common occurrence, oftentime, oft-repeated, ordinary, overrun, patronize, periodic, persistent, prevalent, reappearing, recurrent, recurring, regular, reiterative, repeated, repetitive, resort, resort to, returning, revenant, routine, stereotyped, thematic, thick-coming, trite, ubiquitous, usual, visit, well-trodden, well-worn |
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