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oft
[ awft, oft ]
/ Éft, Éft /
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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
Words nearby oft
OFris, OFS, of sorts, of sound mind, Ofsted, oft, Oftel, often, often as not, oftentimes, of the devil
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British Dictionary definitions for oft (1 of 2)
oft
/ (Éft) /
adverb
short for often (archaic or poetic except in combinations such as oft-repeated and oft-recurring)
Word Origin for oft
Old English oft; related to Old High German ofto
British Dictionary definitions for oft (2 of 2)
OFT
abbreviation for (in Britain)
Office of Fair Trading
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