frequent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
  2. verb be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
  3. adjective coming at short intervals or habitually

Etymology

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰrekʷ- (“to cram together”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, sponsor

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