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The definition of frequent is something that happens often or keeps happening.

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An example of frequent is the heart beat in a living person.

See frequent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Obsolete crowded; filled
occurring often; happening repeatedly at brief intervals
constant; habitual

Origin: ME < OFr < L frequens (gen. frequentis), ? akin to farcire, to stuff: see farce

transitive verb

to go to constantly; be at often: to frequent the theater

Related Forms:

frequentation noun
frequenter noun

See frequent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Occurring or appearing quite often or at close intervals: frequent errors of judgment.
Habitual or regular: a frequent visitor to our house.

transitive verb also (frē-kwĕntˈ) fre·quent·ed, fre·quent·ing, fre·quents

To pay frequent visits to; be in or at often: frequent a restaurant.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, ample, profuse

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin frequēns, frequent-, crowded, numerous, frequent

Related Forms:

freˌquen·taˈtion noun

fre·quentˈer (-kwĕnˈtər) noun

freˈquent·ness noun

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