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Adv.; öfter, am öftesten often, frequently; schon oft auch many times, many a time lit.; wie oft muss ich dir noch sagen, dass... how often do I have to tell you (that)...; ziemlich oft quite often, quite a lot; das ist mir schon so oft passiert auch I don’t know how many times that’s happened to me* * *often; frequently; oftentimes* * *ọft [ɔft]adv comp - er['œftɐ] (rare) superl am -esten ['œftəstn] (= häufig) often, frequently; (= in kurzen Abständen) frequentlyder Bus fährt nicht oft, die Bahn verkehrt öfter — the bus doesn't go very often, the train goes more often
schon so oft, oft genug — often enough
wie oft fährt der Bus? — how often or frequently does the bus go?
wie oft wir das schon gehört haben! — how often we've heard that!, how many times have we heard that before!
je öfter... — the more often...
* * *(many times: I often go to the theatre; I should see him more often.) often* * *< öfter>[ˈɔft]adv oftendes Öfteren frequently, on many occasions, quite often* * *öfter —; (selten)
wie oft soll ich dir noch sagen, dass...? — how many [more] times do I have to tell you that...?
* * *wie oft muss ich dir noch sagen, dass … how often do I have to tell you (that) …;ziemlich oft quite often, quite a lot;das ist mir schon so oft passiert auch I don’t know how many times that’s happened to me* * *öfter —; (selten)
wie oft soll ich dir noch sagen, dass...? — how many [more] times do I have to tell you that...?
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2 oftmals
Adv. often, frequently, many times; (wiederholt) repeatedly* * *often* * *ọft|mals ['ɔftmaːls]adv (geh)often, oft (poet), ofttimes (poet)* * *oft·mals* * *Adverb often; frequently* * ** * *Adverb often; frequently* * *adv.often adv.oftentimes adv. -
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См. также в других словарях:
Oftentimes — Of ten*times , adv. [Often + time. Cf. { wards}.] Frequently; often; many times. Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oftentimes — extended form of OFTEN (Cf. often), attested from early 15c … Etymology dictionary
oftentimes — *often, frequently, oft … New Dictionary of Synonyms
oftentimes — [ôf′ ntīmz΄, ôf′t ntīmz΄] adv. OFTEN: also Old Poet. ofttimes … English World dictionary
oftentimes — [[t]ɒ̱f(ə)nta͟ɪmz, AM ɔ͟ːf [/t]] ADV: ADV with cl, ADV with v, be ADV group If something oftentimes happens, it happens many times or much of the time. [AM] Oftentimes, these fossils are not made available to science at all... Oftentimes, I… … English dictionary
oftentimes — of|ten|times [ˈɔfəntaımz US ˈo:f ] adv AmE informal often ▪ Oftentimes I have to wait more than twenty minutes for a bus … Dictionary of contemporary English
oftentimes — or ofttimes adverb Date: 14th century often, repeatedly … New Collegiate Dictionary
oftentimes — /aw feuhn tuymz , of euhn ; awf teuhn, of /, adv. often. Also, ofttimes /awft tuymz , oft , awf , of /. [1350 1400; ME; see OFTEN, TIME, S1] * * * … Universalium
oftentimes — adverb /ˈɒf.ənˌtaɪmz,ˈɒf.tənˌtaɪmz,ˈɑf.ənˌtaɪmz,ˈɑf.tənˌtaɪmz/ a) Frequently b) Repeatedly See Also: often, ofttimes … Wiktionary
oftentimes — of|ten|times [ ɔfn,taımz ] adverb OLD FASHIONED often … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Oftentimes — to be sure, clarity and idiom are better served by bringing only to a more forward position ( This will only take a minute, The victory can only be called a miracle ). And increasingly, it must be said, authorities are inclined toward leniency… … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
