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Meaning of "every so often" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EVERY SO OFTEN

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EVERY SO OFTEN

every
every bit
every dog has his day
every inch
every man jack
every one
every other
every which way
everybody
everyday
everydayness
Everyman
everyone
everyplace
everything
everything but the kitchen sink
everyway
everywhen
everywhence
everywhere

WORDS THAT END LIKE EVERY SO OFTEN

beaten
eaten
festschriften
forgotten
Gemeinschaften
gesellschaften
gluten
gotten
kindergarten
kitten
laten
listen
often
paten
resoften
seiten
soften
ten
unoften
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Synonyms and antonyms of every so often in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «every so often» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EVERY SO OFTEN

Find out the translation of every so often to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of every so often from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «every so often» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

每隔一段时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de vez en cuando
570 millions of speakers

English

every so often
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तो हर बार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بين الحين والآخر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

каждый так часто
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

de vez em quando
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মাঝে মাঝে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de temps en temps
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

sering sekali
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jeder so oft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

時々
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모든 너무 자주
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saben kerep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cũng thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒவ்வொரு அடிக்கடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रत्येक त्यामुळे अनेकदा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sık sık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ogni tanto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tak często
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кожен так часто
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fiecare atât de des
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κάθε τόσο συχνά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

elke so dikwels
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

var så ofta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hver så ofte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of every so often

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EVERY SO OFTEN»

The term «every so often» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.698 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EVERY SO OFTEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about every so often

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10 QUOTES WITH «EVERY SO OFTEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word every so often.
1
Ned Beauman
I read 'The Good Soldier' by Ford Madox Ford again every so often.
2
Pam Brown
A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
3
Jim Carter
I'm not a natural employer. I live very privately, and we like our privacy at home. To be sitting and talking with your wife or your family and to have somebody walking around and you're ignoring them, I couldn't handle that at all. I can barely handle a cleaning lady coming in every so often.
4
Richard J. Codey
I have no intention of being a potted plant, and just getting watered every so often.
5
Peter Davison
Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such.
6
Lori Foster
I love the water. Everything about it. Smelling the humidity in the air, seeing the mist rise in the morning, feeling the dew-wet grass on my bare feet. I love watching the fish jump and the geese land. We even have an eagle here that circles every so often.
7
Cheryl Hines
At my first tournament, about four years ago, I got four twos. Now I have a poker problem. I do win every so often, so that's what keeps me going.
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Robyn Hitchcock
Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.
9
Amy Klobuchar
Every so often you might have an outburst in the gallery. That's one of the most exciting things that happen because then you can say, 'Unless there's order we will call the Sergeant at Arms.' And that sounds really scary.
10
Jean Hanff Korelitz
Every so often in life, you encounter a brilliant idea. Usually, at least in my case, it's somebody else's idea.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EVERY SO OFTEN»

Discover the use of every so often in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to every so often and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
I Tell a Lie Every So Often
In 1848 a fourteen-year-old Missourian, although not a habitual liar, tells two lies that start off an unusual chain of events.
Bruce Clements, 2001
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To Absent Friends: A Collection of Stories of the Dogs We Miss
EVERY SO OFTEN THAT dead dog dreams me up again. Its twenty-five years later. I'm walking along Forty-second Street in Manhattan, the sounds of the city crashing beside me — horns and gearshifts, insults — somebody's chewing gum  ...
Jameson Parker, 2003
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From the Heart
Every so often (It's really quite rare) Along comes a parent whose life force is care Helping her siblings, her friends, and her kin ”Be nice to each other, and we all win!” ”Your first lesson is: We Believe in You!” This parent's caring and love are ...
Mike Hartner, 2003
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Garner's Modern American Usage
every so often; ever so often. The first means “occasionally” <we go to Lockhart for barbecue every so often>. The second—a quaint phrasing in the manner of ever so grateful—means “with great frequency” <you're extremely thoughtful to call ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
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Real-time Design Patterns: Robust Scalable Architecture for ...
This policy can be "when the value changes," "at least every so often," "at most every so often," etc. This minimizes computational effort for notification of clients and across a communications bus and minimizes the bus bandwidth required for  ...
Bruce Powel Douglass, 2003
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Master The SAT - 2011: CD-ROM INSIDE
Every one of the voters accepted the proposal. every bit is incorrect usage for just as You are just as (not every bit as) clever as she is. ever so often means frequently or repeatedly every so often means occasionally or now and again He sees ...
Phil Pine, Margaret C. Moran, 2010
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Master The SAT - 2010: CD-ROM INSIDE; SAT Prep for Students ...
Every one of the voters accepted the proposal. every bit is incorrect usage for just as You are just as (not every bit as) clever as she is. ever so often means frequently or repeatedly every so often means occasionally or now and again He sees ...
Phil Pine, Margaret Moran, 2009
8
Macroeconomic Dynamics: An Essay in Circulation Analysis
A rate means 'so much every so often': it is a quantity that is neither all at once nor continuous but over a period of time. A change of rate may be positive, negative, or zero: so it means either 'so much more every so often,' or 'so much less ...
Bernard J. F. Lonergan, Frederick G. Lawrence, Frederick E. Crowe, 1999
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Master the SAT Writing: Part IV of V
Every one of the voters accepted the proposal. every bit is incorrect usage for just as You are just as (not every bit as) clever as she is. ever so often means frequently or repeatedly every so often means occasionally or now and again He sees ...
Peterson's, 2012
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365 Ways to Motivate and Reward Your Employees Every ...
Regardless of what specific changes or interventions you make, keep in mind that no recognition program will last forever. They all necessarily get dull after a period of time so expect to change every so often. By planning for change you won't ...
Dianna Podmoroff, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EVERY SO OFTEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term every so often is used in the context of the following news items.
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Little Miss EmiSunshine | Auburn Journal
Every so often there is a talent so fully formed at an early age it spills over into the cultural landscape. Little Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, ... «Auburn Journal, Jul 15»
2
tennis.com - The Inner Game of Garbine
Garbine Muguruza overcame her opponent, and her own fast start, to make the Wimbledon final. (AP). Every so often, as hard as it may be to ... «Tennis Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Cosplay devotees go all out at Comic-Con - Orange County Register
Olivier Lebourg of Los Angeles made a splash with the camera-fans in a custom-made Aquaman costume that every so often was mistaken for ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
4
Is There a Doctor on the House? - WSJ
So wouldn't it be nice if every so often the doctor said: “Hey, you've been a loyal customer; this nasal endoscopy's on the house”? It would also ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
5
Kieron Dwyer Talks West Portal | Comicbook.com
It isn't often that people turn to Kickstarter for ongoing series, is it? is the idea to do a Kickstarter every so often or that the series will start to ... «Comicbook.com, Jul 15»
6
Low-tech Solutions Found for Africa's Everyday Problems
But every so often, authorities and local entrepreneurs find low-tech solutions with the potential for being adopted across the continent. «Voice of America, Jul 15»
7
Witness: A Letter from France - The New Yorker
I keep it lit by touching the screen every so often while I attempt to sketch Kimberly Black's face into my notebook, my version of the mask she ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
8
Grateful Dead: my short strange trip to 'Fare Thee Well' Chicago …
My spontaneous diversion 38 years after my first encounter with the band reminds me that it's good to jump the rails every so often, into the ... «OregonLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Bothered by robocalls? They could make you money - WWMT …
If you only get a call every so often, Machnik says it may not be worth pursuing. “But as those violations become more egregious, 10 and 20 ... «WWMT-TV, Jul 15»
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Net worth 101 - Story - Wkbw.com
For that reason alone, it is worth calculating your net worth every so often, perhaps quarterly or annually. You can also sneak a peek at how ... «WKBW-TV, Jul 15»

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