different between frequent vs continues

English

Etymology 1

From Old French frequent, from Latin frequens (“crowded, crammed, frequent, repeated, etc.”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhrek- (“to cram together”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?i?.kw?nt/

Adjective

frequent (comparative more frequent or frequenter, superlative most frequent or frequentest)

1. Done or occurring often; common.
2. Occurring at short intervals.
3. Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
4. (obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
   • 1603, Ben Jonson, Sejanus His Fall

     'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.

5. (obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
   • 1626, Philip Massinger, The Roman Actor

     'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.

Synonyms

• regular
• recurring
• continual
• steady

Antonyms

• rare
• uncommon

Related terms

• frequency
• frequently
• infrequent
• frequently asked question (FAQ)

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French frequenter, from Latin frequentare (“to fill, crowd, visit often, do or use often, etc.”), from frequens (“frequent, crowded”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???kw?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Verb

frequent (third-person singular simple present frequents, present participle frequenting, simple past and past participle frequented)

1. (transitive) To visit often.

Derived terms

• frequenter
• unfrequented

Translations

Further reading

• frequent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• frequent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

German

Etymology

From Latin frequens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?e?kv?nt]
• Hyphenation: fre?quent

Adjective

frequent (comparative frequenter, superlative am frequentesten)

1. (dated or medicine) frequent

Declension

Further reading

• “frequent” in Duden online

Old French

Adjective

frequent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular frequent or frequente)

1. frequent; often

Declension

Descendants

• ? English: frequent
• French: fréquent

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?nju?z/

Verb

continues

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue

Noun

continues

1. plural of continue

Anagrams

• neustonic, un-notices, unnotices

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.ti?nu.?s/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.ti?nu.?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.ti?nu.es/

Verb

continues

1. second-person singular present indicative form of continuar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ti.ny/

Verb

continues

1. second-person singular present indicative of continuer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of continuer

Latin

Verb

continu?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of continu?

Portuguese

Verb

continues

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of continuar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of continuar