Oft

Definition: Oft

Oft

Adverb

1. Many times at short intervals; "we often met over a cup of coffee".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "oft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

OFT

OFT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Oft

Frequency

Adverb: often, oft; ofttimes, oftentimes; frequently; repeatedly; unseldom, not unfrequently; in quick succession, in rapid succession; many a time and oft; daily, hourly; every day, every hour, every moment;

Crosswords: Oft

Frisian (as if, as though, in a way), German (frequently, often, regularly), Icelandic (frequently, often, regularly).

Schulmädchen-Report 4: Was Eltern oft verzweifeln läßt (1972)

Ich denke oft an Piroschka (1955)

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Books

• Die Egoismus-Falle : warum Selbstverwirklichung so oft einsam macht (reference)

• Die Gedanken laufen oft zurück-- : Flüchtlingsfrauen erinnern sich an ihr Leben in Böhmen und Mähren und an den Neuanfang in Hessen nach 1945 (reference)

• Du fährst zu oft nach Heidelberg : [und andere Erzählungen] (reference)

• Sie können sich denken, wie mir oft zu Muthe war-- : Jenny Marx in Briefen an eine vertraute Freundin (reference)

• The Road Oft Traveled: Development Policies and Majority State Ownership of Industry in Africa (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Oft Kopiert [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Eine Wolke macht noch keinen Dauerregen : Leichte Beschwerden verschwinden oft ohne Arzneimittel. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Wer nur an sich denkt, schadet oft dem anderen : Unkontrollierter Arzneimittel-verbrauch kann auch das ungeborene Kind gefährden. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The little fellow mused oft and long thereon. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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The voice of his youngest brother from the farther side of the fireplace began to sing the air Oft in the Stilly Night

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Business

However, since 1996, the U.K. Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been working to repeal RPM for branded prescription and OTC medicaments. (references)

In March 1999, the Restrictive Practices Court granted OFT the right to a High Court hearing, which will take place in late 2000. A final decision is not expected until early 2001. Should RPM be abolished, the market will become much more price competitive. (references)

Economic History

Uk

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is the regulatory body that provides consumer protection in franchise operations. (references)

Uk

The OFT seeks to ensure that the franchise promotes a genuine product or service, and is not a pyramid sales scheme. (references)

Uk

These include the Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL), the Office of Water Regulation (OFWAT), the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (OFGEM), the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA), and the Financial Services Authority (FSA). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "oft": many a time and oft ♦ many time and oft. Additional references.

Beginning with "oft": oft-approved, oft-cited, oft-declared, oft-discussed, oft-disproven, oft-embattled, oft-exploded, oft-expressed, oft-malevolent, oft-manifested, oft-perceived, oft-proclaimed, oft-promised, oft-quoted, oft-recurring, oft-repeated, oft-reproduced, oft-resuscitated, oft-revised, oft-shelf, oft-stated, oft-thwarted, oft-times, oft-told, oft-warring.

Albanian

shpesh (constantly, frequently, often, oftentimes, time and again), dendur (densely, hourly, not infrequently, often). (various references)

Bulgarian 

често (constantly, frequently, hourly, minutely, often, oftentimes, regular, repeatedly). (various references)

Chinese 

经常 (Constantly, Often, Oftentimes). (various references)

Czech

hotový (accomplished, complete, done, finished, oft-shelf, prepared, ready, ready made, regular, veritable). (various references)

French

maintes fois (often times). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעתים קרובות (frequently, often, oftimes). (various references)

Hungarian

gyakran (again and again, frequently, many a time, many times, often, oft-times, regularly). (various references)

Indonesian

maha pengampun (oft-forgiving). (various references)

Italian

spesso, sovente,frequente (often), spesso (bold, corpulent, dense, fat, frequently, often, regularly, soupy, thick). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

歌枕 (oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

うたまくら (oft-repeated descriptive epithets in poetry). (various references)

Manx

mennick (frequent, often). (various references)

Pig Latin

oftay.(various references)

Portuguese

frequentemente (again and again, commonly, frequently, often, oftentimes, regularly). (various references)

Romanian

adesea (frequently, many a time, many times, minutely, often, regularly, repeatedly). (various references)

Russian 

часто (constantly, frequently, often, oftentimes). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

učestalo (frequently, thickly, time and again), često (frequently, not infrequently, often, oftentimes). (various references)

Spanish

mucho (a fat lot, a good deal, a great deal, a lot, a lot of, all the, badly, bags of, far, far and away, greatly, hard, heaps of, heavily, lot, lots of, much, not a few, often, plenty of, sharply, significant, sorely, thick, very), muchas veces (many times, often), con frecuencia (often), a menudo (frequently, offen, often, oftentimes, oft-times, regularly). (various references)

Swedish

ofta (frequently, often, oftentimes, oft-recurring, oft-times, regularly). (various references)

Thai

บ่อยๆ (often, oftentimes). (various references)

Turkish

sık sık (as often as not, constantly, fast, frequently, more often than not, often, ofttimes, passim), çoğu kez (dozen of times, frequently, many times, often, ofttimes). (various references)

Ukrainian

часто (again, frequently, often, oftentimes, oft-times, thick, time and again). (various references)

saepe, sepe. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "oft": often, oftener, oftenest, oftentimes, ofter, oftest, ofttimes. (additional references)

Words ending with "oft": aloft, cockloft, coft, croft, hayloft, loft, oversoft, semisoft, soft, supersoft, toft, ultrasoft, undercroft. (additional references)

Words containing "oft": cocklofts, crofter, crofters, crofts, haylofts, lofted, lofter, lofters, loftier, loftiest, loftily, loftiness, loftinesses, lofting, loftless, loftlike, lofts, lofty, pooftah, pooftahs, poofter, poofters, rooftop, rooftops, rooftree, rooftrees, softa, softas, softback, softbacks, softball, softballer, softballers, softballs, softbound, softcover, softcovers, soften, softened, softener, softeners, softening, softens, softer, softest, softhead, softheaded, softheadedly, softheadedness, softheadednesses, softheads. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: of, to.

+1 letter: coft, font, foot, fort, loft, soft, toff, toft, tofu.

+2 letters: afoot, aloft, croft, fagot, fatso, fetor, float, flota, flout, foist, fonts, foots, footy, forte, forth, forts, forty, fount, front, frost, froth, futon, lofts, lofty, motif, often, ofter, softa, softs, softy, toffs, toffy, tofts, tofus.

+3 letters: afloat, aftosa, botfly, comfit, confit, crofts, cutoff, effort, factor, faggot, fagots, fantod, fantom, fathom, fatsos, fetors, floats, floaty, floret, flotas, flouts, foetal, foetid, foetor, foetus, foists, folate, foment, fomite, fontal, footed, footer, footie, footle, footsy, forest, forgat, forget, forgot, forint, format, forrit, fortes, fortis, foster, fought, founts, fourth, fronts, frosts, frosty, froths, frothy, frowst, fugato, futons, fylfot, lofted, lofter, motifs, nonfat, notify, offcut, offset, oftest, outfit, outfly, outfox, potful, profit, putoff, setoff, soffit, softas, soften, softer, softie, softly, tipoff, toffee, topful, tufoli, twofer, zoftig.