often

adverb · adjectiveA2

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Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

more oftenoftener

Superlative

most oftenoftenest

1.
Frequently; many times on different occasions.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I’ve been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
It can't be said too often / often enough.
Đồng nghĩa: a lot, oftentimes, typically

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more often

Superlative

most often

1.
(archaic)Frequent.
1618, Anthony Munday (translator), The Third Booke of Amadis de Gaule by Nicolas de Herberay des Essarts (1542), London, Chapter 2, p. 18, Then came the Ladies to visite him, and the Queene gaue him most gracious welcome, desiring him to be of good cheere: For heere is my Daughter (quoth she) right skilfull in the Art of Chirurgerie, that meanes to bee your often visitant.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

a lotoftentimes typically frequently usually

Trái nghĩa

infrequentlyoccasionally rarely seldom unoften scarcely seldomly uncommonly

Cùng gốc / liên quan

oftenlyoftentimeoftenwhilesas often as notdo you come here oftenevery so oftenmany a time and oftentimes and oftenmore often than notoftennessproverbs often come in pairsthe best laid plans of mice and men often go awryunoften oft

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with selden) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (often), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (often). 2 cog Cognate with affen, aften, af'en, oaffen, oaften, oftin (often), aaft, oftem, oofting (often), oafte,, and oft,,, and ofte,, ofta, oft, 𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰.