aft
UK/ɑːft//æft/
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aft adverb: at, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel). Also the alternative form of afternoon.
Adverb
aft (comparative further aft or farther aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or farthest aft or most aft)
- At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- I came safe on board, but I felt anything but easy about the boat and the boy; my thoughts were not where they should be, for every moment I had to give the boat and the boy a look, and at last I saw a sea strike the boat aft, which gave it a send forward and under, and the next moment he was gone.1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 183
Adjective
aft (comparative further aft or farther aft or more aft, superlative furthest aft or farthest aft or most aft)
Proper noun capitalized: AFT
AFT
- Initialism of American Federation of Teachers.
Also used as
aft is also the alternative form of afternoon.
aft meaning in Tamil and Urdu
aft in Tamil
- அஃப்ட்
aft in Urdu
- اافٹ
Examples of aft in a sentence
- The fisherman sat on the aft thwart to row.
- The after gun is mounted aft.
- Pitchpoling occurs when the bow buries itself in the wave ahead while the wave behind lifts the aft section up and over.
Synonyms of aft
Antonyms
Forms of aft
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | further aft |
| comparative | farther aft |
| comparative | more aft |
| superlative | furthest aft |
| superlative | farthest aft |
| superlative | most aft |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | further aft |
| comparative | farther aft |
| comparative | more aft |
| superlative | furthest aft |
| superlative | farthest aft |
| superlative | most aft |
| Noun | |
| plural | afts |
Origin of aft
From Old English æftan (“behind”); possibly originally superlative of of (“off”). See after.
Clipping of afternoon.
Words formed from aft
Phrases with aft
Words that rhyme with aft
Questions about aft
- What does aft mean?
- Aft means at, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).
- What is aft in Tamil?
- Aft in Tamil is அஃப்ட். See Aft meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aft?
- Aft can be an adverb, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce aft?
- Aft is pronounced /ɑːft/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aft (page history and authors); AFT (page history and authors); aft (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); aft (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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