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Origin:
before 900; Middle English oft(e), Old English oft; cognate with Old Frisian ofta, Old Saxon oft(o), German oft, Old Norse opt
before 900; Middle English oft(e), Old English oft; cognate with Old Frisian ofta, Old Saxon oft(o), German oft, Old Norse opt
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Oft
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example Sentences
- Another oft quoted piece of advice is to notify the chair once you're at the campus visit stage.
- Contrary to the oft proffered explanation, advances in medical technology do not explain the constantly rising prices.
- And because when people are in grad school the loans for undergrad are too oft in deferment.
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| OFT | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Office of Fair Trading | |
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Word Origin & History
oft
O.E. oft, akin to O.Fris. ofta, Dan. ofte, Ger. oft, O.N. opt, Goth. ufta "often;" of unknown origin. Archaic except in compounds (e.g. oft-told), and replaced by its derivative often.
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