oft

UK: /ɒft/ US: /ɔft, ɑft/ ,(ôft, oft)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

oft /ɔft, ɑft/   adv. 

1. often.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

oft  (ôft, oft), adv. [Literary.]

1. often.

• bef. 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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oft / ɒft/ adverb

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

Etymology: Old English oft; related to Old High German ofto

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OFT abbreviation (in Britain, formerly)

1. Office of Fair Trading