What does oft mean?

Definitions for oft
ɔft, ɒftoft

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimesadverb

    many times at short intervals

    "we often met over a cup of coffee"

Wiktionary

  1. oftadverb

    often; frequently; not rarely; many times.

    An oft-told tale

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Oftadverb

    Often; frequently; not rarely; not seldom.

    Etymology: oft , Saxon.

    In labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 2 Cor. ii. 23.

    It may be a true faith, for so much as it is; it is one part of true faith, which is oft mistaken for the whole. Henry Hammond.

    Favours to none, to all she smiles extends,
    Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Alexander Pope, Ra. Locke.

ChatGPT

  1. oft

    "Oft" is an adverb that is a shortened or poetic form of the word "often." It is used to indicate something happening frequently or repeatedly.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Oft

    oft, Often, of′n, adv. frequently: many times.—adj. Oft′en (B.), frequent.—n. Oft′enness, frequency.—advs. Oft′times, Oft′entimes, many times: frequently. [A.S. oft; Ger. oft, Goth. ufta.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of oft in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of oft in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of oft in a Sentence

  1. J. R. R Tolkien, Elrond from The Lord of the Rings:

    Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them becuase they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

  2. Caecilius Statius:

    Wisdom oft lurks beneath a tattered coat.

  3. William Shakespeare:

    Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones.

  4. Proverb:

    Justice oft leans to the side where the purse pulls.

  5. Andreas Simic:

    Worry is oft an act of fiction created by the mind. Best let facts dictate

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    (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another
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