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On occasion, sometimes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I feel lonely at times, but then somebody phones, or calls round, and I cheer up again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: at turns, in times, occasionally
Antonyms: none provided
now and then or here and there
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was arrogant and occasionally callous
- open areas are only occasionally interrupted by clumps of trees
- they visit New York on occasion
- now and again she would take her favorite book from the shelf and read to us
- as we drove along, the beautiful scenery now and then attracted his attention
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: occasionally, on occasion, once in a while, now and then, now and again, from time to time
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَحْيَانًا
(ʔaḥyānan)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Chinese Mandarin:
有時 /有时
(yǒushí)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Chinese Mandarin:
有時候 /有时候
(yǒushíhou)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Danish:
til tider
— on occasion, sometimes
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Finnish:
ajoittain
— on occasion, sometimes
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Finnish:
välillä
— on occasion, sometimes
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Finnish:
joskus
— on occasion, sometimes
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French:
parfois
— on occasion, sometimes
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French:
de temps à autre
— on occasion, sometimes
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German:
zeitweise
— on occasion, sometimes
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Greek:
κατά καιρούς
(katá kairoús)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Hebrew:
לִפְעָמִים
— on occasion, sometimes
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Hungarian:
időnként
— on occasion, sometimes
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Hungarian:
néha
— on occasion, sometimes
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Hungarian:
olykor
— on occasion, sometimes
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Irish:
scaití
— on occasion, sometimes
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Italian:
a volte
— on occasion, sometimes
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Italian:
talvolta
— on occasion, sometimes
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Italian:
di quando in quando
— on occasion, sometimes
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Japanese:
時時
(tokidoki)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Japanese:
時々
(tokidoki)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Korean:
자주
(jaju)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Norwegian Bokmål:
til tider
— on occasion, sometimes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
til tider
— on occasion, sometimes
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Old English:
hwilum
— on occasion, sometimes
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Polish:
niekiedy
— on occasion, sometimes
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Polish:
czasami
— on occasion, sometimes
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Polish:
momentami
— on occasion, sometimes
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Polish:
chwilami
— on occasion, sometimes
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Portuguese:
às vezes
— on occasion, sometimes
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Romanian:
câteodată
— on occasion, sometimes
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Romanian:
uneori
— on occasion, sometimes
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Russian:
иногда́
(inogdá)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Russian:
времена́ми
(vremenámi)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Russian:
подча́с
(podčás)
— on occasion, sometimes
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Slovak:
občas
— on occasion, sometimes
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Spanish:
a veces
— on occasion, sometimes
