"from time to time" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. (idiomatic) Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: occasionally Translations (occasionally): van tyd tot tyd (Afrikaans), بَيْنَ ٱلْحِينِ وَٱلْآخَرِ (bayna l-ḥīni wal-ʔāḵari) (Arabic), hərdən bir (Azerbaijani), от време на време (ot vreme na vreme) (Bulgarian), de tant en tant (Catalan), ara i adés (Catalan), adesiara (Catalan), 時而 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 时而 (sî-lî / sî-jî) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 耐唔耐 (alt: noi⁶ m⁴ noi⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 偶爾 (Chinese Mandarin), 偶尔 (ǒu'ěr) (Chinese Mandarin), 不時 (Chinese Mandarin), 不时 (bùshí) (Chinese Mandarin), 間或 (Chinese Mandarin), 间或 (jiànhuò) (Chinese Mandarin), čas od času (Czech), občas (Czech), fra tid til anden (Danish), nu og da (Danish), van tijd tot tijd (Dutch), de tempo al tempo (Esperanto), tempaltempe (Esperanto), fojfoje (Esperanto), aegajalt (Estonian), vahetevahel (Estonian), toisinaan (Finnish), ajoittain (Finnish), silloin tällöin (Finnish), aika ajoin (Finnish), de temps en temps (French), დროდადრო (drodadro) (Georgian), დროგამოშვებით (drogamošvebit) (Georgian), von Zeit zu Zeit (German), από καιρό σε καιρό (apó kairó se kairó) (Greek), από καιρού εις καιρόν (apó kairoú eis kairón) [idiomatic] (Greek), πού και πού (poú kai poú) (Greek), לְעִתִּים (le'itím) (Hebrew), időnként (Hungarian), időről időre (Hungarian), de tempo a tempo (Ido), välistää (Ingrian), ó am go ham (Irish), di tanto in tanto (Italian), ogni tanto (Italian), di quando in quando (Italian), 時々 (tokidoki) (alt: ときどき) (Japanese), 가끔 (gakkeum) (Korean), 때때로 (ttaettaero) (Korean), fra tid til annen (Norwegian Bokmål), nå og da (Norwegian Bokmål), av og til (Norwegian Bokmål), i ny og ne (Norwegian Bokmål), iblant (Norwegian Bokmål), en gang imellom (Norwegian Bokmål), frå tid til annan (Norwegian Nynorsk), nå og då (Norwegian Nynorsk), av og til (Norwegian Nynorsk), kālenakālaṃ (Pali), گهگاه (gahgâh) (Persian), گاه به گاه (gâh be gâh) (Persian), هر از گاهی (har-az-gâhi) (Persian), هر چند وقت یک بار (har-čand-vaqt-yek-bâr) (Persian), enjawiess (Plautdietsch), od czasu do czasu (Polish), raz na jakiś czas (Polish), de vez em quando (Portuguese), às vezes (Portuguese), volta e meia (Portuguese), din când în când (Romanian), вре́мя от вре́мени (vrémja ot vrémeni) (Russian), времена́ми (vremenámi) (Russian), поро́й (porój) (Russian), иногда́ (inogdá) (Russian), с времена на време [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), časomice [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), s vremena na vreme [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), de vez en cuando (Spanish), a veces (Spanish), mara kwa mara (Swahili), då och då (Swedish), stundom (Swedish), tid efter annan (Swedish), paminsan-minsan (Tagalog), pana-panahon (Tagalog), zaman zaman (Turkish), ara ara (Turkish), час від ча́су (čas vid čásu) (Ukrainian), کبھی کبھار (kabhī-kabhār) (Urdu), کبھی کبھی (kabhī-kabhī) (Urdu), گاہے ماہے (gāhe-māhe) (Urdu), بعض اوقات (bāz-auqāt) (Urdu), گاہے گاہے (gāhe-gāhe) (Urdu), o dro i dro (Welsh), ar dro (Welsh), o bryd i'w gilydd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-from_time_to_time-en-prep_phrase-iTfhCOaI Disambiguation of 'occasionally': 88 2 10
  2. (law) In whatever status exists at various times. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-from_time_to_time-en-prep_phrase-wb3CDT4q Topics: law
  3. (obsolete) Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Time Related terms: every now and then, now and again, now and then
    Sense id: en-from_time_to_time-en-prep_phrase-5CJeLBOc Disambiguation of Time: 20 16 65 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English positive polarity items, English reduplications, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 9 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 22 9 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 10 67 Disambiguation of English positive polarity items: 41 7 51 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 27 12 61 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 10 65

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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
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          "word": "van tijd tot tijd"
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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "von Zeit zu Zeit"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apó kairó se kairó",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "από καιρό σε καιρό"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "poú kai poú",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "πού και πού"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "le'itím",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "לְעִתִּים"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "időnként"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "időről időre"
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        {
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          "code": "io",
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          "sense": "occasionally",
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        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "välistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "ó am go ham"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "di tanto in tanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "ogni tanto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "di quando in quando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "alt": "ときどき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tokidoki",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "時々"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gakkeum",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "가끔"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ttaettaero",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "때때로"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "fra tid til annen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "nå og da"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "av og til"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "i ny og ne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "iblant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "en gang imellom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "frå tid til annan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "nå og då"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "av og til"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "pi",
          "lang": "Pali",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "kālenakālaṃ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gahgâh",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "گهگاه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "gâh be gâh",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "گاه به گاه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "har-az-gâhi",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "هر از گاهی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "har-čand-vaqt-yek-bâr",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "هر چند وقت یک بار"
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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "od czasu do czasu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "raz na jakiś czas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "de vez em quando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "às vezes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "volta e meia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "din când în când"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vremenámi",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "времена́ми"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "porój",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "поро́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "inogdá",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "иногда́"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "с времена на време"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "časomice"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "s vremena na vreme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "de vez en cuando"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "a veces"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 2 10",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "occasionally",
          "word": "mara kwa mara"
        },
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "de vez em quando"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "às vezes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "volta e meia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "din când în când"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vrémja ot vrémeni",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "вре́мя от вре́мени"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vremenámi",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "времена́ми"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "porój",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "поро́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inogdá",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "иногда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "с времена на време"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "časomice"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "s vremena na vreme"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "de vez en cuando"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "a veces"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "mara kwa mara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "då och då"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "stundom"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "tid efter annan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "paminsan-minsan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "pana-panahon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "zaman zaman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "ara ara"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čas vid čásu",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "час від ча́су"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kabhī-kabhār",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "کبھی کبھار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kabhī-kabhī",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "کبھی کبھی"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gāhe-māhe",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "گاہے ماہے"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bāz-auqāt",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "بعض اوقات"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gāhe-gāhe",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "گاہے گاہے"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "o dro i dro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "ar dro"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "occasionally",
      "word": "o bryd i'w gilydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "from time to time"
}

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