Explore Often through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like frequently or oftentimes. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Often meaning
Frequently; many times on different occasions.
Synonyms of Often
Using Often
- The main meaning on this page is: Frequently; many times on different occasions.
- Useful related words include: frequently, oftentimes, oft, ofttimes.
- In the example corpus, often often appears in combinations such as: is often, are often, and often.
Context around Often
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Often
- In this selection, "often" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, children, less, too, key, game and bear stand out and add context to how "often" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a binder often shellac and and abilities ophthalmologists often reserve the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "often" sits close to words such as house, five and court, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with often
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bridges are often colored black with carbon black in a binder, often shellac and often have inscribed decoration. (18 words)
Druids are the protector of the wilds, and they often make it their entire personality, often for the better. (19 words)
Having often faced very dangerous circumstances, The Authority has grown incredibly adaptable to them, and most notably often answers lethality in kind. (22 words)
The puppies that do get selected often do not live very long lives, as the galgueros often consider the dog too old to hunt once it has achieved two or three years of age-often after hunting season ends, they are either abandoned, shot, or hanged. (46 words)
Patience is often key here as it might take a few minutes to fire up the fish, though it’s often game on once that first bite is coaxed as several more can often be had in short order. (39 words)
SMB and NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) occur more often than NFS on systems running Microsoft Windows; AFP occurs more often than NFS in Apple Macintosh systems; and QFileSvr.400 occurs more often in AS/400 systems. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Patience is often key here as it might take a few minutes to fire up the fish, though it’s often game on once that first bite is coaxed as several more can often be had in short order.
Women and children often bear the brunt of these negative health effects, he said, since women often do the cooking in these societies and children often stay near their mothers.
A human organizing element is often felt to be implicit in music (sounds produced by non-human agents, such as waterfalls or birds, are often described as "musical", but perhaps less often as "music").
Bridges are often colored black with carbon black in a binder, often shellac and often have inscribed decoration.
Most adverbs form comparatives and superlatives by modification with more and most: often, more often, most often; smoothly, more smoothly, most smoothly (see also comparison of adjectives, above).
Persians have generally been a pan-national group often comprising regional people who often refer to themselves as "Persians" and have also often used the term "Iranian" (in the ethnic-cultural sense).
Screenwriters who often pitch new projects, whether original or an adaptation, often do not have to worry about competing for assignments and are often more successful.
SMB and NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) occur more often than NFS on systems running Microsoft Windows; AFP occurs more often than NFS in Apple Macintosh systems; and QFileSvr.400 occurs more often in AS/400 systems.
The puppies that do get selected often do not live very long lives, as the galgueros often consider the dog too old to hunt once it has achieved two or three years of age-often after hunting season ends, they are either abandoned, shot, or hanged.
This is often by the young, often in the traditional music of their own country, and often included new incorporation of social awareness, causes, and evolutions of new music in the same style.
Advocates say that all too often, individuals suffering from mental-health and often concurrent substance-abuse issues don't get treatment until they end up in the criminal justice system.
After all, the tech and other growth stocks in QQQ are often young companies that pay no dividend, whereas VIG selects dividend growers, which are often established companies in mature and stable industries.
As you know, we've looked at the past at either selling assets but also and most often or more often, partnering with people like other investors, other financial investors as we did in France.
Citing patent attorney Michael Messinger, the outlet noted that companies often patent ideas to keep their competitors from using them and that the patent process is often lengthy and complex.
Druids are the protector of the wilds, and they often make it their entire personality, often for the better.
For example, drivers with clean, accident-free histories can often get insurance more cost-effectively in other provinces and higher-risk drivers often pay more.
Given its drying abilities, ophthalmologists often reserve the agent for their more treatment-resistant nAMD and DME patients, while others report a hesitancy to initiate more novel agents; often relegating use to later-lines of therapy.
Having often faced very dangerous circumstances, The Authority has grown incredibly adaptable to them, and most notably often answers lethality in kind.
He didn’t face press coverage too often, and Tennessee’s offense often makes life pretty easy for its receivers, but Hyatt’s traits make him an ideal third option to Keenan Allen and Mike Williams.
His average exit velocity was exactly the same as in 2022; he was barreling the ball more often and hitting it hard less often.
Common combinations with often
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is often 34×
- are often 34×
- and often 34×
- more often 25×
- most often 11×
- often than 11×
- often in 11×
- often the 11×
- can often 10×
- too often 10×