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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Many times at short intervals
Example:
we often met over a cup of coffee
Synonyms:
frequently; oft; often; oftentimes; ofttimes
Classified under:
Antonym:
rarely (not often)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Frequently or in great quantities
Example:
I don't travel much
Synonyms:
a great deal; much; often
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
In many cases or instances
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
Mars will often find you at one end of the spectrum or the other—very happy or not happy with a partner in one area of your life.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The same viruses that cause colds and the flu often cause acute bronchitis.
(Acute Bronchitis, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
“I am no novel-reader—I seldom look into novels—Do not imagine that I often read novels—It is really very well for a novel.”
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
This is most often done by inserting thin needles through the skin, to cause a change in the physical functions of the body.
(Acupuncture, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
It is often caused by an acute viral or bacterial infection.
(Acute Infective Polyneuritis, NCI Thesaurus)
These leukemias often have the morphologic features of acute promyelocytic leukemia.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with a Variant RARA Translocation, NCI Thesaurus)
It must make him think; and I have no doubt that he oftener endeavours to restrain himself than he would if he had been anything but a clergyman.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It is usually caused by viruses and less often bacteria.
(Acute Pharyngitis, NCI Thesaurus)
The scene often came back to Buck to trouble him in his sleep.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
A form of melanoma occurring most often on the plantar, palmar, subungual, and periungual skin.
(Acral Lentiginous Melanoma, NCI Thesaurus)
