How to pronounce frequency
American English pronunciation
FREE-kwun-see
- IPA
- /ˈfɹikwənsi/
- Syllables
- FREE · kwun · see (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What frequency means
How often something happens
In a sentence: The frequency of thunderstorms goes up in the hot summer months.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin word frequentia, built on frequens, a word for "crowded" or "happening again and again."
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