Synonyms for oft
ɔft, ɒftoft

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1. frequently, often, oftentimes, oft, ofttimesadverb

   many times at short intervals

   "we often met over a cup of coffee"

   Synonyms:
   ofttimes, oftentimes, frequently, much, often, a great deal

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1. oftadjective

   Synonyms:
   OFTEN, frequently

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How to use oft in a sentence?

1. Lucan:

   A show of daring oft conceals great fear.

2. William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 1 scene 3:

   Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

3. William Lloyd:

   Nonsense and noise will oft prevail, when honour and affection fail.

4. Sophocles:

   A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

5. William Shakespeare:

   Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them The good is oft interred with their bones.