often

Definition

Examples

Our sales team often travels abroad to meet overseas clients.

Synonyms

• frequentlymany times at short intervals
• repeatedlyover and over again; constantly
• regularlyat uniform intervals; on a habitual basis

Collocations

• Easy how often
  a collocation phrase: how often
• Medium reviews often occur at quarterly intervals
  to reviews often occur at quarterly intervals, meaning to look at again; examine again
• Hard governance failures often precipitate severe downgrades
  describing governance failures often precipitate severe downgrades (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)
• Very Hard more often than not, hubris breeds catastrophe
  describing more often than not, hubris breeds catastrophe (English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state)