Oft
[ɒft] or [ɔft]
Definition
(adv.) Often; frequently; not rarely; many times.
(a.) Frequent; often; repeated.
Edited by Ervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [Poetical.] Often, frequently.
Checker: Max
Definition
adv. frequently: many times.—adj. Oft′en (B.) frequent.—n. Oft′enness frequency.—advs. Oft′times Oft′entimes many times: frequently.
Editor: Myra
Examples
- Let us change the object, as oft as we please; provided still we choose one, that has neither of these two relations. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But to destroy this artifice, we need but reflect on that principle so oft insisted on, that all our ideas are copyed from our impressions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Oft have I heard my father kindle as he told the tale. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- How oft have I preached to you caution, if not continence? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
Editor: Myra