Oft
//ɔft// adv, name, noun
adv, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of orbital flight test. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Adverb
- 1 often; frequently; not rarely dialectal, in-compounds, poetic
"An oft-told tale"
Adverb
- 1 many times at short intervals wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Office of Fair Trading. UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Antonyms
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More examples"A woman's mind and winter wind change oft."
Etymology
From Middle English oft (also ofte, often > Modern English often), from Old English oft (“often”), from Proto-West Germanic *oftu, *oftō, from Proto-Germanic *uftō (“often”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian oafte (“oft, often”), West Frisian oft, ofte (“oft, often”), Dutch oft (“oft, often”), German oft (“oft, often”). More at often.
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