dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/oft_MW.json

{
  "oft":{
    "antonyms":[
      "infrequently",
      "little",
      "rarely",
      "seldom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": often":[
        "oft asked questions",
        "an oft quoted statement"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "as I have oft said, you need to look before you leap",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "McNairy will star as Adams\u2019 oft -traveling husband in the project. \u2014 Matt Donnelly, Variety , 27 June 2022",
      "The United States has sought to balance two oft -conflicting goals. \u2014 New York Times , 14 June 2022",
      "Overly familiar sequels have a hard time justifying their existence, yet a sequel that seemingly strays too far from the original is oft -regarded as something that shouldn\u2019t be canon. \u2014 Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter , 11 June 2022",
      "The moves are aimed at boosting oft -competing political priorities: combating climate change and nurturing domestic solar manufacturing that has struggled to compete with cheap imports. \u2014 Ari Natter, BostonGlobe.com , 6 June 2022",
      "The tale is oft -repeated: A lover of Shakespeare released dozens of European starlings in New York City as an ode to the Bard, starting a North American invasion. \u2014 New York Times , 3 May 2022",
      "So, what had happened to Pearson, a respected and oft -quoted author the church was proud to publish",
      "While most first-time visitors to Japan tend to stick around Tokyo and the other major cities across Honshu, the nation\u2019s second-largest island offers a fascinating and oft -overlooked perspective on the country. \u2014 Jared Ranahan, Forbes , 28 Dec. 2021",
      "Louise is one of three children in the Belcher family, whose parents \u2014 droning, oft -beleaguered Bob and resiliently positive Linda \u2014 run a seaside greasy spoon. \u2014 Michael Cavna, Washington Post , 26 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German ofto often":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022fft"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "again and again",
      "constantly",
      "continually",
      "frequently",
      "hourly",
      "much",
      "often",
      "oftentimes",
      "ofttimes",
      "over and over",
      "repeatedly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-071817",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "often":{
    "antonyms":[
      "infrequently",
      "little",
      "rarely",
      "seldom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": many times : frequently":[
        "are often puzzled and sometimes annoyed by the ways of other peoples",
        "\u2014 W. A. Parker"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "They go out to dinner fairly often .",
      "How often do you call your mother",
      "The condition often returns even after treatment with antibiotics.",
      "I often take a walk during my lunch break.",
      "He travels more often than I do.",
      "The disease is diagnosed most often in children.",
      "They seem to be getting into arguments more and more often .",
      "It's not often that I get to enjoy a day off.",
      "Water the plants often enough to keep the soil moist.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Images of San Francisco\u2019s homelessness crisis often show its unsheltered residents living in tents crowding sidewalks or RVs lining residential streets, with national critics pointing to the city as the epitome of the crisis. \u2014 Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle , 4 July 2022",
      "Launched to ramp up sales on Latin American movies as he region ramped up production levels, Ventana Sur soon attracted hundreds of often young producers searching for co-production opportunities. \u2014 John Hopewell, Variety , 4 July 2022",
      "But Woods, and the Williams sisters, like other aging and often -absent sports stars, remain active, not retired. \u2014 New York Times , 4 July 2022",
      "Most plastic cannot be recycled, only downgraded, and it's often incinerated or used as fuel in waste-to-energy plants, sometimes known as chemical recycling. \u2014 Arkansas Online , 4 July 2022",
      "As is so often the case, the truth eventually outed. \u2014 David Wright Falad\u00e9, The New Yorker , 4 July 2022",
      "The new generation of composers, however, has begun to embrace the old concepts in new ways, often including eclectic mashups of world and popular music styles. \u2014 WSJ , 4 July 2022",
      "Relying on legacy banks to create debit cards for its users, Zazu often faced lengthy delays and other challenges emblematic of dominant legacy banks\u2019 failure to expand financial inclusion. \u2014 Tawanda Karombo, Quartz , 4 July 2022",
      "Macau authorities are still not sure how the virus entered the city, but the first clusters in June were traced to an employee at a prison and a worker at a meat shop who often commuted between Macau and the nearby city of Zhuhai in mainland China. \u2014 Grady Mcgregor, Fortune , 4 July 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, alteration of oft":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022ff-t\u0259n",
      "\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "again and again",
      "constantly",
      "continually",
      "frequently",
      "hourly",
      "much",
      "oft",
      "oftentimes",
      "ofttimes",
      "over and over",
      "repeatedly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-180503",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "oftenness":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": frequency":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "-n(n)\u0259\u0307s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063752",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "oftens":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": often":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "often entry 1 + -s":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-nz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-205522",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "oftentimes":{
    "antonyms":[
      "infrequently",
      "little",
      "rarely",
      "seldom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": on many occasions : often":[
        "The quickness of the hand oftentimes deceives the eye.",
        "\u2014 W. V. Quine",
        "Seemingly untoward events oftentimes lead to successful results.",
        "\u2014 Herman Melville",
        "Oftentimes they were asleep, but occasionally might be heard talking together \u2026",
        "\u2014 Nathaniel Hawthorne",
        "A man's ignorance sometimes is not only useful, but beautiful \u2013 while his knowledge, so called, is oftentimes worse than useless \u2026",
        "\u2014 Henry David Thoreau",
        "Oftentimes cyclists mistake dehydration for hunger.",
        "\u2014 Brian Wansink"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Oftentimes , he is the only man in the aerobics class.",
      "children oftentimes don't realize how quickly time passes",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Browns had really stellar attendance throughout their OTAs this offseason, and throughout the NFL when players show up for those optional practices, coaches will oftentimes cancel mandatory minicamp sessions all together. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
      "Henley added that domestic violence can oftentimes be linked to access to guns. \u2014 Melody Leibner, Harper's BAZAAR , 14 June 2022",
      "The high-stakes nature of a negotiation can oftentimes become a barrier to mutual understanding. \u2014 Kwame Christian, Forbes , 17 May 2022",
      "But coming up with the perfect Instagram caption to accompany that adorable photo from your childhood playdates can oftentimes lead to an acute case of writer's block. \u2014 Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day , 13 May 2022",
      "Abstracting away complexity can oftentimes hide what's happening under the hood and why. \u2014 Jaspreet Singh, Forbes , 27 Apr. 2022",
      "Crypto miners typically want electricity at the lowest cost, which oftentimes leads them to high-polluting energy sources like coal. \u2014 CBS News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Kindred is unsparing in its descriptions of race and violence, and Butler renders Dana\u2019s journey with such emotional acuity that the physical experience of reading the book can oftentimes be painful. \u2014 Leah Carroll, refinery29.com , 17 Jan. 2022",
      "Greg is one of those guys who does not oftentimes make the same mistake twice. \u2014 Scott Patsko, cleveland , 8 Nov. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022ff-t\u0259n-",
      "\u02c8\u022f-f\u0259n-\u02cct\u012bmz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "again and again",
      "constantly",
      "continually",
      "frequently",
      "hourly",
      "much",
      "oft",
      "often",
      "over and over",
      "repeatedly"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-111605",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "ofttime":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": often":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from oft + time":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022ff(t)\u00a6t\u012bm"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-032445",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "ofttimes":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": on many occasions : often":[
        "Our books of science, as they improve in accuracy, are in danger of losing the freshness and vigor and readiness to appreciate the real laws of Nature, which is a marked merit in the ofttimes false theories of the ancients.",
        "\u2014 Henry David Thoreau"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8\u022ff(t)-\u02cct\u012bmz"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-075040",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  }
}