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oft.

oft. is the abbreviation of often.

Meaning of often

Adverb

often (comparative more often or oftener, superlative most often or oftenest)

  1. Frequently; many times on different occasions.
    • I often walk to work when the weather is nice.

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Questions about oft.

What is oft. the abbreviation of?
Oft. is the abbreviation of often.

Words near oft. in the dictionary

  1. oft-mentioned
  2. oft-repeated
  3. oft-time
  4. oft-times
  5. oft-used
  6. oft.
  7. often
  8. often times
  9. often wrong, never in doubt
  10. oftener
  11. oftenest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oft. (page history and authors); often (page history and authors). 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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