Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to emphasize that something is very likely to happen, or is very likely to be true.
It could ~ be another year before the economy starts to show some improvement.
ADV: usu ADV before v, also ADV n/adj emphasis
2.
You use ~ to say that something happens more quickly or more often than is usual or normal.
He had always cried very ~...
ADV: ADV after v
3.
see also easy