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adverb
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oft
American
[awft, oft]
/ ɔft, ɒft /
adverb
Literary.
OFT
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British
abbreviation
oft
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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
That’s partly why its new Space Launch System, built by Boeing and Northrup Grumman, was oft delayed and over budget.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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
To take her mind oft things, she reverted to her old habit of saying the rosary in the slums and confessing her sins to Father Antonio.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
This mission is called OFT-2 since it’s technically a do-over of a mission that Boeing attempted back in 2019, called OFT.
From The Verge ● May 20, 2022
After all, the capsule was unable to rendezvous with the ISS during the original OFT in December 2019 after suffering some software glitches shortly after launch.
From Scientific American ● May 20, 2022
Boeing also opted to do a redo of OFT — a new mission called OFT-2.
From The Verge ● May 19, 2022
The OFT identified what it called "at least 65 tenders that were affected by the collusive tendering arrangements with a combined value of approximately £1.4m."
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 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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