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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It has been oft noted by commentators who excel at statements of the obvious that Berkshire has enough cash to buy many of the world’s most-admired companies.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Do this, as oft as ye shall drink it, in remembrance of me.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
A mountain man talk talks about surviving the outdoors in an ad that stars singer Sarah McLachlan spoofing her well-known and oft mocked animal-advocacy ad that uses her song “Angel.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2023
Tolkien was right when he wrote: "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere."
From Salon ● Nov. 15, 2022
No wonder she sometimes clung to me, and just as oft thrust me away.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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
Rosie rode aboard the first OFT and provided engineers data about G-force exertion on the body during launch.
From Scientific American ● May 18, 2022
Here’s what to expect from Boeing’s mission — called the Orbital Flight Test, or OFT — and why it’s so important.
From The Verge ● Dec. 18, 2019
They stopped in 2009 when Peverel Group brought the matter to the attention of the OFT and this is not how we do business today.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2013
So sang the old Puritan poet; and there is a large wisdom in the word OFT which I have abundantly envied, being myself an anxious-minded man!
From At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson
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