often
AdverbUS[aw-fuhn]/ˈɔfən/2 syllablesalso [awf-tuhn] /ˈɔftən/
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Adverb (3)
- many times at short intervals“we often met over a cup of coffee”Synonyms: frequentlyoftentimesoftofttimes
- frequently or in great quantities“I don't drink much”“I don't travel much”Synonyms: mucha great deal
- in many cases or instances
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Translations
Adverb frequently, many times
- Spanish
- a menudo
- French
- souvent
- German
- oft
- Italian
- spesso
- Portuguese
- frequentemente
- Turkish
- sık sık
- Russian
- ча́сто částo
- Arabic
- كَثِيرًا مَا kaṯīran mā
- Chinese
- 常常 chángcháng
- Japanese
- よく yoku
36 more languages
- Dutch
- vaak
- Polish
- często
- Swedish
- ofta
- Greek
- συχνά sychná
- Korean
- 자주 jaju
- Indonesian
- sering
- Vietnamese
- thường xuyên
- Hungarian
- gyakran
- Portuguese (PT)
- frequentemente
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 常常 chángcháng
- Albanian
- shpesh
- Breton
- alies
- Catalan
- sovint
- Corsican
- spessu
- Czech
- často
- Danish
- ofte
- Esperanto
- ofte
- Estonian
- tihti
- Finnish
- usein
- Georgian
- ხშირად xširad
- Hebrew
- לְעִתִּים קְרוֹבוֹת l'itím k'rovót
- Icelandic
- oft
- Kurdish
- gelek caran
- Latvian
- bieži
- Lithuanian
- dažnai
- Malagasy
- matetika
- Norwegian
- ofte
- Romanian
- des
- Scottish Gaelic
- gu tric
- Serbo-Croatian
- često
- Slovak
- často
- Slovenian
- pogosto
- Swahili
- mara nyingi
- Walloon
- sovint
- Welsh
- yn aml
- Yiddish
- אָפֿט oft
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Of′ten (ŏf′'n; 115), adverb [Compar. Oftener (ŏf′wb-a1′>′'n·ẽr); superlative Oftenest.]
Origin: Formerly also ofte, fr. oft. See Oft., adverb
Frequently; many times; not seldom.
Of′ten adjective
Frequent; common; repeated. rare “Thine often infirmities.” 1 Tim. v. 23.
And weary thee with often welcomes.— Francis, & Fletcher, John. Beaumont
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54