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aft

1[aft, ahft] Nautical, Aeronautics
adverb
1.
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail: Stow the luggage aft.
adjective
2.
situated toward or at the stern or tail: The aft sail was luffing.

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Aft is always a great word to know.
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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English afte, Old English æftan from behind, equivalent to æf- opposite + -t- suffix of uncertain value + -an suffix marking motion from; cognate with Old Frisian efta, Old Saxon, Old High German aftan, Gothic aftana, Old Norse aptan, Greek opís(s)ō behind; not akin to Greek apó off
Example Sentences
  • He opened the aft emergency door, lowered the stairs and walked down to the tarmac to see if the cargo doors were shut.
  • When the electrical harnesses came to be fitted in the forward and aft fuselage sections, many didn't connect with each other.
  • T7 to rate their knowledge of key concept vocabulary before and aft er they read the story.
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aft

2[aft, ahft]
adverb Scot.

aft.

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aft (ɑːft)
 
adv, —adj
chiefly nautical towards or at the stern or rear: the aft deck; aft of the engines
 
[C17: perhaps a shortened form of earlier abaft]

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aft
O.E. æftan "behind, farthest back," from superl. of O.E. æf, af, of "off," from P.Gmc. *af-, from PIE root *apo- "off, away" (cf. Goth. aftana "from behind;" see apo-). Now purely nautical.
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