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oft

[ awft, oft ]

adverb

, Literary.


oft

1

/ ɒft /

adverb

  1. short for often (archaic or poetic except in combinations such as oft-repeated and oft-recurring )
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OFT

2

abbreviation for

  1. Office of Fair Trading
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oft1

before 900; Middle English oft ( e ), Old English oft; cognate with Old Frisian ofta, Old Saxon oft ( o ), German oft, Old Norse opt
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Word History and Origins

Origin of oft1

Old English oft; related to Old High German ofto
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Example Sentences

If the oft-talked-about college “hook-up culture” could be embodied by a place, it would be Shooters.

The evolution of style is oft studied but rarely understood in any comprehensive manner.

First, the amazing and oft-commented upon speed at which public opinion has flipped.

The conforms of systemic racism have caused a precious grasping of your blackness that oft times seeks to destroy us.

Despite the oft-repeated phrase “all publicity is good publicity,” most people with common sense know this is not true.

The Swiss soon found out that in Hephzibah he was dealing with a truthful girl; for the tale, though oft repeated, never varied.

Full oft, indeed,They gold and silver will despise, bills ofExchange preferring.

Many a time and oft had she pleaded, with tears, to the remorseless girl who looked so soft and yielding.

"Surely there can be no harm or danger," thought Bessie; but she remembered the oft-repeated warnings of her parents and aunt.

As Bill looked over his oft-appraised stock, it seemed to have lost much of its one-time charm.

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