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FREQUENT
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frequently encountered
Example:
a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb 'lay' for the intransitive 'lie'
Classified under:
Similar:
common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)
Derivation:
frequence (the number of occurrences within a given time period)
frequency (the number of observations in a given statistical category)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coming at short intervals or habitually
Example:
frequent complaints
Classified under:
Similar:
dominant; predominant; prevailing; prevalent; rife (most frequent or common)
regular; steady (relating to a person who does something regularly)
Antonym:
infrequent (not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals)
Derivation:
frequence (the number of occurrences within a given time period)
frequency (the number of observations in a given statistical category)
frequent (be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place)
frequent (do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they frequent ... he / she / it frequents
Past simple: frequented
Past participle: frequented
-ing form: frequenting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
Example:
She haunts the ballet
Synonyms:
frequent; haunt
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "frequent" is one way to...):
travel to; visit (go to certain places as for sightseeing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "frequent"):
hang out (spend time in a certain location or with certain people)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
frequent (coming at short intervals or habitually)
frequenter (a regular customer)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
Synonyms:
buy at; frequent; patronise; patronize; shop; shop at; sponsor
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "frequent" is one way to...):
back up; support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
frequent (coming at short intervals or habitually)
frequenter (a regular customer)
Context examples:
Bone is one of the most frequent sites of metastatic carcinoma.
(Metastatic Carcinoma to the Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
Viral infections (see ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL) are a relatively frequent cause of this condition.
(Encephalitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
She knew who had been frequenting Uppercross.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
This is the most frequent malignant tumor affecting the uterine body, and is linked to estrogen therapy.
(Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Pain and a palpable mass are the most frequent clinical sign and symptom.
(Bone Osteosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms include: • Blood in your urine • A frequent urge to urinate • Pain when you urinate • Low back pain
(Bladder Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
The frequent labours I underwent every day, made, in a few weeks, a very considerable change in my health: the more my master got by me, the more insatiable he grew.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The comet—officially named 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková—belongs to the Jupiter family of comets, frequent orbiters that loop around the Sun about every five to seven years.
(NASA Telescope Studies Quirky Comet 45P, NASA)
Certainly, just as spies frequent hostile camps.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The researchers have successfully identified how the exosomes (extracellular nanovesicles) released by the parasite responsible for the disease attack heart cells, thereby causing one of its most frequent complications, cardiac illness.
(Scientists identify how the exosomes of the parasite responsible for Chagas disease affect heart cells, University of Granada)
