Frequent



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• v. 时常来访; adj. 惯常的
• ［英］ adj. 惯常的 ( happening often)
• ［类］ 反义词: visit rarely ( 很少拜访)
• ［例］ the car manufacturer's frequent changes of models

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Date: 15th century
• 1. to associate with, be in, or resort to often or habitually <a bar frequented by sports fans>
• 2. archaic to read systematically or habitually
• ? frequentation noun
• ? frequenter noun

II. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, ample, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, crowded, from Latin frequent-, frequens
• Date: 1531
• 1.
  • a. common, usual
  • b. happening at short intervals ; often repeated or occurring <a bus making frequent stops>
• 2. obsolete full, thronged
• 3. acting or returning regularly or often <a frequent visitor>
• 4. archaic intimate, familiar
• ? frequentness noun

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