more often than not

Betekenis (Engels)

Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case.

Sinonieme

mostly

generally

by and large

popularly

prevalently

regularly

standardly

usually

widely

as a rule

most of the time

conventionally

customarily

Vertalings

généralement

generalmente

veelal

meistens

la plupart du temps

geralmente

usualment

popularment

generalment

im allgemeinen

in der Regel

gewöhnlich

normalerweise

sonst

ordinàriament

Etimologie (Engels)

Origin obscure. Semantically equivalent to, and often understood as, an ellipsis of more often than not so. Possibly sometimes understood as more often than zero (see nought and naught), especially in reference to scales or gauges where mark zero represents the midpoint of measurement or frequency.