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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishoften, alteration (with final-n added due to analogy withMiddle Englishselden(“seldom”)) ofMiddle Englishofte,oft, fromOld Englishoft(“often”), fromProto-Germanic*ufta,*uftō(“often”).

Cognates

Cognate withScotsaffen,aften,af'en,oaffen,oaften,oftin(“often”),North Frisianaaft,oftem,oofting(“often”),Saterland Frisianoafte(“often”),German,Luxembourgish andPennsylvania Germanoft(“often”),Yiddishאָפֿט(oft,“often”),Danish,Norwegian Bokmål andNorwegian Nynorskofte(“often”),Faroese,Swedishofta(“often”),Icelandicoft(“often”),Gothic𐌿𐍆𐍄𐌰(ufta,“often”).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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often (comparativemoreoftenoroftener,superlativemostoftenoroftenest)

  1. Frequently;manytimes on different occasions.
    Synonyms:a lot,(archaic except US)oftentimes,typically;see alsoThesaurus:often
    Antonyms:infrequently,occasionally,rarely,seldom,(literary except India)unoften;see alsoThesaurus:rarely
    Ioften walk to work when the weather is nice.
    I’ve been going to the movies moreoften since a new theatre opened near me.
    It can't be said toooften /often enough.
    • 1791,John Walker,A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary […] ‎[1], London: Sold by G. G. J. andJ. Robinſon, Paternoſter Row; and T.Cadell, in the Strand,→OCLC, page557:
      ☞ This word [wrap] isoften pronouncedwrop, rhyming withtop, even by ſpeakers much above the vulgar.
    • 1850,T. S. Arthur, “A Rise in the Butter Market”, inSketches of Life and Character‎[2], Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley,→OCLC,page59:
      Howoften is the comfort of a whole family abridged by some trifling circumstance, that ought not to have made a visible impression!
    • 1912,P. Chalmers Mitchell, “Larvæ and Metamorphoses”, inThe Childhood of Animals‎[3], New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company,→OCLC,page17:
      Although frogs are able to swim well andoften are found in water, they are really land animals.
    • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, inThe Economist, volume407, number8839, page55:
      According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them.Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.

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Translations

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frequently, many times

Adjective

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often (comparativemoreoften,superlativemostoften)

  1. (archaic)Frequent.
    • c.1598–1600 (date written),William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene i]:
      […] it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and, indeed, the sundry contemplation of my travels; in which myoften rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness.
    • 1618,Anthony Munday (translator),The Third Booke ofAmadis de Gaule byNicolas de Herberay des Essarts (1542), London, Chapter 2, p. 18,[4]
      Then came the Ladies to visite him, and the Queene gaue him most gracious welcome, desiring him to be of good cheere: For heere is my Daughter (quoth she) right skilfull in the Art of Chirurgerie, that meanes to bee youroften visitant.
    • 1656,John Bunyan, chapter 48, inSolomon’s Temple Spiritualiz’d‎[5], London: George Larkin, published1688, page113:
      The Shew-bread by anoften remove, and renewing, was continually to stand before the Lord in his House[…]

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Fromofte.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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often

  1. repeatedly,again andagain,many times,frequently
  2. Under manycircumstances, in manyinstances

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