frequent

«frequent» in Mova's school dictionary: happening often — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Frequent means happening often. tree →

2) To frequent a place is to go there often (formal). tree →

sense 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 →
• Frequent hand washing helps stop colds. tree →
• She is a frequent visitor to the library. tree →
• Take frequent breaks when you use a screen. tree →
• Storms are frequent here in autumn. tree →
• The most frequent number in the list is 4. tree →
• Pirates frequented this harbour long ago. tree →
• Friends and neighbours paid us frequent visits, and we kept open house for all. tree →

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 the corpora

• Common exception words are frequent words whose spelling does not fully match their sounds; the National Curriculum lists them for each year.
• And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «frequent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.