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   Fre·quent

   adjective

   • 1. occurring or done on many occasions, in many cases, or in quick succession: "frequent changes in policy" Similar recurrentrecurringrepeatedpersistentperiodicperennialchroniccontinuingoccurring oftencontinualconstantincessantnonstopendlessmanyvery manya great manynumerouscountlessquite a fewquite a lot oflots ofseveralinformal:eternalloads ofmasses ofheaps ofdozens ofhundreds ofthousands ofmillions ofmore … than one can shake a stick atOpposite infrequentfew
   • ▪ (of a person) doing something often; habitual: "a frequent visitor to New England" Similar habitualcustomaryregularcommoneverydaydailyroutinecontinualconstantincessantliterary:wontedOpposite infrequentrare
   • ▪ found at short distances apart: "frequent army roadblocks"
   • ▪ (of the pulse) rapid.

   verb

   • 1. visit (a place) often or habitually: "bars frequented by soldiers"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘profuse, ample’): from French, or from Latin frequens, frequent- ‘crowded, frequent’, of unknown ultimate origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frequentation noun

   Scrabble Points: 20

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