{
    "term": "frequent",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "happening or doing something often",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He is a frequent visitor to this country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her calls became less frequent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is a frequent bus service into the centre of town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How frequent is this word *(= how often does it occur in the language)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The attacks have become increasingly frequent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was a frequent guest at the palace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Power failures are frequent occurrences in the city."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The case was reviewed at frequent intervals."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new job involved frequent absences from home."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["among", "in"],
                "phrases": ["at frequent intervals"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːkwənt/",
                "audio": "fr/frequent/frequent__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːkwənt/",
                "audio": "fr/frequent/frequent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘profuse, ample’): from French, or from Latin frequens, frequent- ‘crowded, frequent’, of unknown ultimate origin."
}