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# frequent

adjective (frequent, more frequent, most frequent); verb (frequent, frequents, frequented — formal, «free-KWENT»)

«frequent» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Frequent means happening often. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#m1)
2. To frequent a place is to go there often (formal). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and data lessons, the most frequent value is the mode; frequency means how often something happens in a tally chart. In everyday life: frequent buses, frequent visits. In health lessons, frequent hand washing stops germs. Phrases: «frequent visitor», «frequent flyer», «frequent breaks».

### Examples

- Buses are frequent in the city, every ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x1)
- Frequent hand washing helps stop colds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x2)
- She is a frequent visitor to the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x3)
- Take frequent breaks when you use a screen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x4)
- Storms are frequent here in autumn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x5)
- The most frequent number in the list is 4. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x6)
- Pirates frequented this harbour long ago. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x7)
- Friends and neighbours paid us frequent visits, and we kept open house for all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/#x8)

### Note

Stress differs: adjective «FREE-kwent», verb «free-KWENT». Adverb: «frequently». Noun: «frequency». In maths, «frequency» is how many times a value appears; the «most frequent» value in a data set is the mode.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means common or widespread.

**Interpretation.** The verse says God's word was rare in Eli's day, which tradition reads as a time when prophecy was scarce.

### Examples

- And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision. (Prophets 1SA.3.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frequent/#x1)

### Note

Stress differs: adjective «FREE-kwent», verb «free-KWENT». Adverb: «frequently». Noun: «frequency». In maths, «frequency» is how many times a value appears; the «most frequent» value in a data set is the mode.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frequent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frequent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frequent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frequent.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «frequent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frequent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frequent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/frequent.html) on Mova free.