from time to time

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from time to time

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  1. idiomatic Occasionally; sometimes; once in a while. I'll find out your man, / And he shall signify from time to time / Every good hap to you that chances here.
  2. In whatever status exists at various times. This is another way of saying that the terms of the individual contracts are in part to be found in the agreed collective agreements as they exist from time to time […]
  3. obsolete Continuously from one time to another; at all times, constantly. So was she trayned vp from time to time, / In all chast vertue, and true bounti-hed / Till to her dew perfection she was ripened.

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prep_phrase occasionally

Españolde vez en cuando, a veces
한국어가끔 gakkeum, 때때로 ttaettaero
日本語時々 tokidoki
中文偶爾 /偶尔 ǒu'ěr, 不時 /不时 bùshí, 間或 /间或 jiànhuò
Kiswahilimara kwa mara
Portuguêsde vez em quando, às vezes, volta e meia
Françaisde temps en temps
Deutschvon Zeit zu Zeit
Italianodi tanto in tanto, ogni tanto, di quando in quando
Ελληνικάαπό καιρό σε καιρό apó kairó se kairó, από καιρού εις καιρόν apó kairoú eis kairón, πού και πού poú kai poú
Românădin când în când
Русскийвре́мя от вре́мени vrémja ot vrémeni, времена́ми vremenámi, поро́й porój, иногда́ inogdá
العربيةبَيْنَ ٱلْحِينِ وَٱلْآخَرِ bayna l-ḥīni wal-ʔāḵari, بين وقت وآخر
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@misc{from_time_to_time_2026,
  title = {from time to time},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/from%20time%20to%20time},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}