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# periodically

adverb (periodically)

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

## Everyday

1. Periodically means happening again and again, from time to time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#m1)
2. It can mean happening at regular times, like every week or every year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science it describes things that repeat, like checking a plant or the Moon's phases; in everyday life and safety it says how often to check things, like smoke alarms. In maths it hints at a pattern that repeats. Phrases: checked periodically, update periodically.

### Examples

- Check the smoke alarm periodically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x1)
- We measured the plant periodically to see it grow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x2)
- The comet returns periodically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x3)
- Dad periodically clears out the garage. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x4)
- The teacher periodically reminded us to save our work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x5)
- Water the seeds periodically, not every minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x6)
- The computer updates itself periodically. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/periodically/#x7)

### Note

An adverb from «periodic» and «period». Note «-ically» (periodically, not «periodicly»). It does not always say exactly how often; if a problem says «every 3 days», use that number.

## On Mova

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