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
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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
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
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aft.
A.F.T.
American Federation of Teachers.
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| —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 | |
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Word Origin & History
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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| AFT American Federation of Teachers |
| aft. afternoon |
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Example sentences
It was war in which one hand rarely knew what the other was doing and carefully planned offensives ganged aft agley.
Its reflection created a path of light on the calm waters that led to the aft working deck.
One by one, the crew drops through hatches fore and aft.
Its cargo was stacked high on its aft deck and under tarps.
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