Often

  • 11often — of|ten [ ɔfn ] adverb *** 1. ) on many occasions or in many situations: Often, students with family problems have difficulties at school. Boredom often leads to bad behavior. The home is often the most likely place in which someone is injured.… …

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  • 12often — adverb 1 if something happens often, or you do something often, it happens regularly or many times: Rosi often works till 7 or 8 o clock in the evening. | If you wash your hair too often, it tends to make it greasy. | how often?: How often do you …

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  • 13often — [[t]ɒ̱f(ə)n, AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] ♦ (Often is usually used before the verb, but it may be used after the verb when it has a word like less or more before it, or when the clause is negative.) 1) ADV GRADED: ADV before v, ADV with cl/group If something… …

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  • 14often */*/*/ — UK [ˈɒf(ə)n] / US [ˈɔf(ə)n] adverb 1) on many occasions, or in many situations Often, students with family problems have difficulties at school. Boredom often leads to poor behaviour. The home is often the most likely place to have an accident.… …

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  • 15often*/*/*/ — [ˈɒf(ə)n] adv 1) on many occasions or in many situations Boredom often leads to poor behaviour.[/ex] Very often the student can t understand the question.[/ex] It s quite often impossible to park in town.[/ex] 2) used for talking about how many… …

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  • 16often — oftenness, n. /aw feuhn, of euhn; awf teuhn, of /, adv. 1. many times; frequently: He visits his parents as often as he can. 2. in many cases. adj. 3. Archaic. frequent. [1300 50; ME oftin, var. before vowels of ofte OFT] Syn. 1, 2. repeatedly,… …

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  • 17often — of•ten [[t]ˈɔ fən, ˈɒf ən; ˈɔf tən, ˈɒf [/t]] adv. 1) many times; frequently 2) in many cases 3) archaic frequent • Etymology: 1300–50; ME; var. (before vowels) of ofte oft syn: often, frequently, generally, usually refer to experiences that are… …

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  • 18often — See: EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY SO OFTEN, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT …

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  • 19often — See: EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY SO OFTEN, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT …

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  • 20often — adv. Often is used with these adjectives: ↑fatal, ↑impractical Often is used with these verbs: ↑appear, ↑arise, ↑cite, ↑consist, ↑dream, ↑employ, ↑encounter, ↑entail, ↑e …

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