often

Meanings

Adverb

• Frequently; many times.

Adjective

• Frequent.

Related

Similar words

• a lot, typically
• oftentimes

Opposite words

• infrequently, rarely, occasionally, seldom

Origin

• From Middle English often, alteration (with final -n added due to analogy with Middle English selden) of Middle English ofte, oft, from Old English oft, from Proto-Germanic *ufta, *uftō. Cognate with Scots oftin, North Frisian oftem, Saterland Frisian oafte, German oft, Norwegian and Danish ofte, Swedish ofta, Icelandic oft.