Phrases with Often
Things Often often describes
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often times
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often characters
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often results
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often part
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often games
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often ties
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often objects
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often children
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often food
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often female
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less often
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quite often
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earliest often
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living often
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good often
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competent often
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military often
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female often
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visual often
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psychotic often
Often is the first word in phrase
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often haddock
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often passepartout
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often names
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often Alice
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often versa
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often best
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often Sinbad
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often golems
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often claims
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often notes
Often is the last word in phrase
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sex often
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episodes often
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dream often
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parody often
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super often
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media often
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smirk often
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beauty often
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hand often
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wave often
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frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimesadverb
many times at short intervals
«we often met over a cup of coffee»
Synonyms:
ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, much, a great deal, oftAntonyms:
rarely, seldom -
much, a great deal, oftenadverb
frequently or in great quantities
«I don’t drink much»; «I don’t travel much»
Synonyms:
oft, a great deal, practically, a lot, oftentimes, very much, frequently, lots, a good deal, much, ofttimesAntonyms:
rarely, seldom -
oftenadverb
in many cases or instances
Synonyms:
ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, much, a great deal, oftAntonyms:
rarely, seldom
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List of paraphrases for «often»:
frequently, commonly, usually, sometimes, frequency, frequent, oftentimes, recurrent, generally, regularly, mostly, typically, repeatedly, normally, rarely, always
How to pronounce often?
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How to use often in a sentence?
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Demosthenes:
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
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Martin Rees:
We don’t know much about aliens, but we know about humans, if you look at history, contact between humans and less intelligent organisms have often been disastrous from their point of view, and encounters between civilizations with advanced versus primitive technologies have gone badly for the less advanced. A civilization reading one of our messages could be billions of years ahead of us. If so, they will be vastly more powerful, and may not see us as any more valuable than we see bacteria.
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Blase J. Cupich:
Veronica Openibo spoke from the heart, and the voice of a woman in the aula( hall) was very compelling, and is something that is causing bishops to say we need the voices of women more often in events like this gathering.
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Bobby Montagne:
In fact, aspiring fix-and-flippers are often better off doing small-scale renovations that just need carpet, paint and some freshening up, especially for their first projects.
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Mark Krockenberger:
Once they’re chronically infected, they’re often able to live reasonably happily, they just can’t breed.
Translations for often
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- dikwelsAfrikaans
- كثيراً, غالباً, غالباArabic
- tez-tezAzerbaijani
- ча́стаBelarusian
- чѐстоBulgarian
- প্রায়ইBengali
- aliesBreton
- sovintCatalan, Valencian
- častoCzech
- yn amlWelsh
- ofte, hyppigDanish
- oft, häufigGerman
- συχνάGreek
- ofteEsperanto
- seguido, frecuentemente, a menudoSpanish
- sageli, tihtiEstonian
- maizBasque
- اغلب, بارهاPersian
- useinFinnish
- souventFrench
- [[go]] [[minic]]Irish
- tric, gu tricScottish Gaelic
- לעיתים קרובותHebrew
- अक्सरHindi
- souvanHaitian Creole
- gyakranHungarian
- հաճախArmenian
- soventeInterlingua
- seringIndonesian
- ofteIdo
- títt, oft, oftlega, ósjaldan, iðulega, þrá-Icelandic
- spessoItalian
- 頻繁, 度々, よく, しばしばJapanese
- ხშირ-ხშირად, ხშირადGeorgian
- жиі-жиі, жиіKazakh
- ញឹកញាប់Khmer
- ಆಗಾಗ್ಗೆKannada
- 수시로, 자주Korean
- زۆر جار, بارهها, گهلێ جارKurdish
- тез-тез, жышKyrgyz
- saepe, saepenumerōLatin
- dacksLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ບ່ອຽ, ຈະໄຈ້, ຄ້ອຽLao
- dažnaiLithuanian
- biežiLatvian
- честоMacedonian
- байн байн, үргэлжMongolian
- sering, kerapMalay
- spissMaltese
- မကြာခဏ, ခဏခဏ, ခုတင်ခုBurmese
- vaak, dikwijlsDutch
- ofte, hyppigNorwegian
- moozhagOjibwe, Ojibwa
- częstoPolish
- freqüentementePortuguese
- savensRomansh
- desRomanian
- зачасту́ю, часте́нько, ча́сто, довольно частоRussian
- čȇsto, че̑стоSerbo-Croatian
- častoSlovak
- pogóstoSlovene
- shpeshAlbanian
- oftaSwedish
- பலநேரம், அவ்வப்பொழுது, அடிக்கடிTamil
- తరచుగా, తరచూTelugu
- ағлаб, зичTajik
- บ่อยThai
- ýygy, ýygy-ýygydan, aglabaTurkmen
- sık sık, sıkTurkish
- ешTatar
- ча́сто, частоUkrainian
- اکثرUrdu
- tez-tezUzbek
- luôn, thường, hayVietnamese
- suvoVolapük
- sovintWalloon
- 经常Chinese
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! Flat EKG |
n. |
Absence of Electric Systoles = Cardiac Arrest |
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get your panties in a wad |
exp. |
= get your knickers in a twist/knot |
US English, colloquial |
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! Relasd|her|s|article|Give-to-get-policy?language=en_US |
n. |
Relasd/her/s/article/Give-to-get-policy?language=en_US&utm_source=onboarding&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=onboarding_us&utm_content=ob_us_r.p |
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for all the world |
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intensifying expression, often used with «look» |
he looked for all the world as if he was going to cry: il avait vraiment l’air d’être sur le point de pleurer |
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! BackwardCompatibility |
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Relasd/her/s/article/Give-to-get-policy?language=en_US&utm_source=onboarding&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=onboarding_us&utm_content=ob_us_r.p |
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sexter |
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person who sends sexts (= sex texts) |
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shim |
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hin, often tapered piece of material, such as wood, stone, or metal, used to fill gaps, make something level, or adjust something to fit properly |
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! program |
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Programs are often identified as binary files and given a file name extension of «.bin». E.G.: They write programs. |
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ladyboy |
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[in Thailand] young male transsexual (often a sex worker) |
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! captious |
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1: marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections <captious critics> 2: calculated to confuse, entrap, or entangle in argument <a captious question> |
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! go postal |
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go mad; become extremely and uncontrollably angry, often to the point of violence |
[Slang];[US];[Fam.] Derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which US Postal Service workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, and members of the police or general public in acts of mass murder. |
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cartooney |
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message containing legal threats (often grounded on fictive laws) sent on the purpose of intimidating the receiver |
formed of «cartoon» and «attorney» |
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whatever next? |
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an often humorous expression of indignation when something stupid or annoying happens |
Wigs for dogs? Whatever next? |
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! snackification |
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snackification means choosing larger- sized snacks over sit down meals in the mornings and afternoons—often smaller versions of regular meals. |
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shotgun wedding |
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1. marriage often occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy and into which one or both partners are coerced; the expression, born in the US, calls on imagery of a father coercing by way of a firearm,a young man to marry his enceinte daugther 2. forced compromise, merger, accord etc. imposed by necessity |
[Fig.];[Fam.];[Hum.] 1. Looks like a shotgun wedding for these two! 2. The two manufacturers announced a shotgun wedding prompted by slumping sales and financial losses |
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bend over backwards |
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When you bend over backwards, you put all your effort into something. This expression is often used to say that someone puts a lot of energy into pleasing someone else. |
[Fam.] Ex.: She was so benevolent; she would always bend over backwards to help me. |
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the early bird catches the worm |
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one who arrives first has the best chance of being successful or getting the best deals; often shortened to ‘early bird’ and also used in the sense of ‘early riser’ |
Ex.: »The early bird catches the worm, yeah maybe, but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese!», he argued. |
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! purport (purported; purporting; purports) tr.v. |
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1: to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred); also: claim. 2: intend, purpose |
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! apocryphal adj. apocryphally adv. apocryphalness n. |
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1 — of doubtful authenticity: spurious. 2 — often capitalized Apocryphal: of or resembling the Apocrypha. 3. being of questionable authenticity. مشكوك بأمره، مشكوك في صحته، مُختَلَق، مُلَفَّق، منحول، موضُوع، مُزَيَّف |
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there is more room on the outside than on the inside |
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This expression means it is better to let one’s emotions out, rather than bottled up inside. It is also often said when someone has gas. |
this is just something my grandmother would say in cajun french |
What is another word for often?
106 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɒfən], [ ˈɒfən], [ ˈɒ_f_ə_n]
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adj.
• daily (adjective)
- everyday,
- circadian,
- day by day,
- once a day,
- from day to day,
- day-to-day,
- once daily,
- diurnal.
• frequent (adjective)
- common,
- frequent,
- habitual,
- repeated,
- recurrent,
- many,
- usual,
- prevalent.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- daily.
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adv
• frequently (adverb)
- in many instances,
- spasmodically,
- oft,
- thick and fast,
- at regular intervals,
- at short intervals,
- not seldom,
- as a rule,
- in quick succession,
- many times,
- not infrequently,
- very often,
- by ordinary,
- successively.
• mostly (adverb)
- predominantly,
- almost entirely,
- most often,
- on the whole,
- for the most part.
• Other relevant words: (adverb)
- more often than not,
- once again,
- in deed,
- once and again,
- hugely,
- time and time again,
- frequently,
- mostly,
- surpassingly,
- routinely,
- typically,
- as usual,
- much,
- a great deal,
- now then,
- as is usual,
- in the main,
- now and again,
- per usual,
- by and large,
- as is the custom.
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adv.
• all (adverb)
- often.
• frequently (adverb)
- ordinarily,
- over and over,
- time and again,
- again and again,
- a number of times,
- ofttimes,
- recurrently,
- oftentimes,
- time after time,
- many a time.
• mostly (adverb)
- largely.
• routinely (adverb)
- by large,
- as is custom,
- now again,
- in main.
• while (adverb)
- meantime,
- always,
- all along,
- in the course of,
- throughout,
- till,
- for now,
- in the meantime,
- yet,
- During,
- meanwhile,
- up until,
- up to,
- for the time being.
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- all the time.
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- big,
- regularly.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- frequency.
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Other synonyms:
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- ad nauseam,
- consistently,
- continual,
- perpetual,
- most,
- eternally,
- repeatedly,
- habitually.
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- customarily,
- naturally,
- commonly,
- generally,
- normally,
- usually.
• usually
- many-times.
How to use «Often» in context?
Often we use the word «often» without realizing it. When we use the word often, we are implying that the occurrence is something that is common or typical. When we use the word often, we are also implying that the occurrence is something that is repetitive.
Here are a few examples of how often can be used in a sentence:
The dog always barks when someone walks by.
She often eats junk food.
The water always tastes terrible.
Paraphrases for Often:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
oftentimes.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Adjective
likely, many.
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Noun, plural
intervals, instances.
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Adverb
almost, consistently, constantly, customarily, easily, even, extensively, generally, habitually, increasingly, infrequently, invariably, largely, likely, mainly, many, normally, occasionally, ordinarily, periodically, predominantly, quite, rarely, regularly, repeatedly, routinely, seldom, significantly, sometimes, traditionally, typically, uncommonly, usually, very, widely.
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Verb, past tense
focused, reported, used, Happened, Tended.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
tends, occurs, happens, involves.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
frequent.
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Proper noun, singular
oftentimes.
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Adverb
frequent.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
oftentimes.
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Adjective
Homophones for Often:
- OFFEN.
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idealise,
monitory,
prophylactic,
warning,
RETD,
riflery,
twist tie,
fistbump.
Nearby words
- OFL
- ofo
- oft
- oft repeated
- oft-repeated
- Often
- (oh,) what a shame
- (oneself to)
- …only to do something
- …or bust
- …or something (like that)
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