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oth

oth is the obsolete spelling of oath.

Meaning of oath

Noun

oath (plural oaths)

  1. A solemn pledge or promise that invokes a deity, a ruler, or another entity (not necessarily present) to attest the truth of a statement or sincerity of one's desire to fulfill a contract or promise.
    • take an oath
  2. A statement or promise which is strengthened (affirmed) by such a pledge.
    • After taking the oath of office, she became the country's forty-third premier.
  3. A light, irreverent or insulting appeal to a deity or other entity.
  4. A curse, a curse word.
    • The farther from the Senator's office, the darker and older the furniture, the freer fly four-letter oaths, the higher the heaps of unfiled and unattended papers culminating in a frenzy of pulp in the press section[…]1981, Bernard Asbell, The Senate Nobody Knows

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Adjective capitalized: OTH

OTH (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of over the horizon: a form of radar that can detect targets at very long ranges, typically hundreds to thousands of kilometres, beyond the radar horizon.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of other than honorable

Noun capitalized: OTH

OTH

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of other.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of opportunity to hear.
    • Half of all workers have a radio at work and nearly 90 per cent of those who drive to work listen in the car on their way. Because it is often a background medium, advertisements need to be repeated to allow a greater opportunity to hear (OTH) and should be simple and novel so as to attract...2000, Ray Wright, Advertising, page 224

Forms of oth

pluraloths

Questions about oth

What is oth the obsolete spelling of?
Oth is the obsolete spelling of oath.
What part of speech is oth?
Oth can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near oth in the dictionary

  1. oteseconazole
  2. OTF
  3. OTFE
  4. Otford
  5. OTG
  6. oth
  7. OTH-B
  8. othala
  9. othalanga
  10. othalas
  11. Othello

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