US /ɔft/ UK /ɒft/
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  1. 1
    adv

    often; frequently (archaic or literary)

    As the proverb oft reminds us, haste makes waste.

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1 adv · often; frequently (archaic... oftenfrequentlyrepeatedlyoftentimesofttimes
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Etymology

From Old English 'oft' ('often, frequently'), from Proto-Germanic *ufta, of uncertain ultimate origin. The form 'often' arose in Middle English as an extended variant.

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