frequenting
Sayfree-KWEN-tingUS/fɹiˈkwɛntɪŋ/UK/fɹɪˈkwɛntɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of frequent.
The detective noticed the suspect frequenting a quiet bar near the docks.
Frequenting cheap auctions became his weekend habit.
Note
The -ing form belongs only to the verb, and that verb is transitive: someone is frequenting a bar or a market, never frequenting at or to one. The spelling frequent is shared with an adjective meaning "done often" or "habitual", but adjectives have no -ing form, so frequenting always means visiting a place repeatedly. Used as a gerund, it still takes its object directly: frequenting old haunts.
frequenting is a form of frequent
frequent, verb: To visit a place often or habitually. Full entry
- Forms
- frequentfrequents he/she/itfrequenting -ing formfrequented past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- frequent → frequenting: add -ing
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