oft
adverb
oft
American
[awft, oft]
/ ɔft, ɒft /
adverb
Literary.
OFT
1
British
abbreviation
oft
2
British
/ ɒft /
adverb
Etymology
Origin of oft
before 900; Middle English oft ( e ), Old English oft; cognate with Old Frisian ofta, Old Saxon oft ( o ), German oft, Old Norse opt
Example Sentences
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Boeing attempted the same uncrewed Starliner flight back in December of 2019, but that mission — called OFT — suffered a series of software glitches.
From The Verge • May 19, 2022
This is actually Rosie’s second flight, as the mannequin also rode along for the original OFT mission back in 2019.
From The Verge • May 19, 2022
OFT-2 aims to demonstrate that Starliner can rendezvous and dock with the space station, a task it failed to accomplish during the original OFT after suffering a number of software glitches.
From Scientific American • May 18, 2022
The OFT thinks that as much as £1.8bn a year may now be being lent by payday lenders.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2013
OFT have I dreamed of music rare and fine, The wedded melody of lute and voice, Divinest strains that made my soul rejoice, And woke its inner harmonies divine.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
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