often
//ˈɒfən//
Forms
- Comparative
- more often
- Superlative
- most often
Definitions
1.Frequently; many times on different occasions.
- It can't be said too often / often enough.
- 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.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #335
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Uncommon
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Etymology
From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden (“seldom”)) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō (“often”).
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