What does the phrase more often than not means?
: happening more than half the time He wins more often than not.
What does more frequently mean?
Use the adjective frequent to describe something done often and at regular intervals. If your family likes to read, you may be a frequent visitor to the library. The adjective form of frequent also means regularly and often encountered.
What’s another way to say more often?
What is another word for more often than not?
| often | frequently |
|---|---|
| a lot | oftentimes |
| recurrently | repeatedly |
| routinely | usually |
| again and again | consistently |
What is the meaning of more often?
1. “More often” refers to an action that is done generally often already and now that frequency is being increased.
Can you say more frequently?
You would not say you go there more often or more frequently. If I’ve been there once, you could say you’ve been there more often or more frequently. Remember that often and frequently are adverbs and frequent is an adjective. So your trips there are more frequent than mine, and you go there more frequently.
What type of word is frequently?
FREQUENTLY (adverb) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary.
What is the difference between frequently and often?
If there is a difference, it is that “frequently” describes a periodic relationship with an ongoing action, while “often” means a lot of times during the defined period. In effect, it’s the same thing, just a very slightly different flavor. Here is an example using frequently: I have dentist appointments frequently.
What is a sentence for frequent?
2 Rains are frequent here in early summer. 3 You are a frequent visitor at my house. 4 His visits became less frequent as time passed. 5 He is a frequent visitor to this country.
What is antonym of frequently?
(rarely) Opposite of at frequent intervals. rarely. seldom. barely. infrequently.
What is the mean of frequent?
1a : common, usual a frequent practice among these people. b : happening at short intervals : often repeated or occurring a bus making frequent stops. 2 obsolete : full, thronged. 3 : acting or returning regularly or often a frequent visitor a frequent customer. 4 archaic : intimate, familiar.
Where do we use often?
Often is an adverb meaning ‘many times on different occasions’. Like many other short adverbs, we use it in front position, in mid position (between the subject and the main verb, or after the modal verb or first auxiliary verb, or after be as a main verb) or in end position: I often see Christine when I’m in town.