Oft

Quick meaning: Oft is an adverb meaning (chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely.

Meaning

(chiefly poetic, dialectal, and in combination) often; frequently; not rarely.

Example Sentences

An oft-told tale

1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203, The moonlight falls the softest In Kentucky; The summer days come oftest In Kentucky;

What I can do, can do no hurt to try: Since you ſet up your reſt 'gainſt remedy: He that of greateſt works is finiſher, Oft does them by the weakeſt miniſter; So holy writ in babes hath judgment ſhown, When judges have been babes.

Now, the English-language Wikipedia does make an attempt to document knowledge of the whole world, not just the English-speaking world. At the same time, it admits in its own oft-cited “essays” that it has a pro-Western “systemic bias”; this is borne out by studies cited in the Wikipedia article about itself.

Word Forms

• ofter
• oftest

Synonyms for oft

Depending on context, synonyms include frequently, oftentimes, often, ofttimes.

Antonyms for oft

Common opposites include seldom, rarely, infrequently.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ofttimes, oftentimes, often, frequently, finisher, returning.

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