Oft
adverb
Frequently, many times, repeatedly.
The stories are oft told.
Often appears as...
- oft told
- oft repeated
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Formal
Literary
adverb
Frequently, many times, repeatedly.
The stories are oft told.
Often appears as...
- oft told
- oft repeated
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flavor
While 'oft' means the same as 'often', it gives a text a poetic or old-fashioned tone.
Songs oft echo ancient tales.
Pro Tip 2/3Archaic Usage
'Oft' is considered archaic, so it's rare in contemporary dialogue but common in literature.
He oft wandered through the woods.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Understanding 'oft' can help in appreciating classic literature and historical texts.
Oft in my dreams I visit thee.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flavor
While 'oft' means the same as 'often', it gives a text a poetic or old-fashioned tone.
Songs oft echo ancient tales.
Pro Tip 2/3Archaic Usage
'Oft' is considered archaic, so it's rare in contemporary dialogue but common in literature.
He oft wandered through the woods.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Understanding 'oft' can help in appreciating classic literature and historical texts.
Oft in my dreams I visit thee.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Flavor
While 'oft' means the same as 'often', it gives a text a poetic or old-fashioned tone.
Songs oft echo ancient tales.
Pro Tip 2/3Archaic Usage
'Oft' is considered archaic, so it's rare in contemporary dialogue but common in literature.
He oft wandered through the woods.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Nuance
Understanding 'oft' can help in appreciating classic literature and historical texts.
Oft in my dreams I visit thee.
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and connection over these experiences and whether we going to earn it and you know what always just comes to mind and it's it's probably you know very oft used phrase but it really I think is so profoundly important right now I think
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How to be your best self...
and connection over these experiences and whether we going to earn it and you know what always just comes to mind and it's it's probably you know very oft used phrase but it really I think is so profoundly important right now I think
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Introducing a New...
the loop of what happened this morning or refill you in some way oft our arch is where we got a little glimpse of Tandy this female lipid and her cub it's incredibly incredibly thick and if they're lying behind a bushel in one of
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.
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Robert Burns
Scottish Poet
In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.
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Bryan Procter
English Poet
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
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Lucretius
Roman Poet
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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Edmund Spenser
English Poet
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Christoph Martin Wieland
German Poet
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
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Robert Greene
English Playwright
Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.
Quote examples
Robert Burns
Scottish Poet
In my conscience, I believe that my heart has been so oft on fire that it is absolutely vitrified.
Quote examples
Bryan Procter
English Poet
So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.
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Lucretius
Roman Poet
The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling.
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Baltasar Gracian
Spanish Philosopher
The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.
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Edmund Spenser
English Poet
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Christoph Martin Wieland
German Poet
Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.
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Herbert Hoover
American President
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
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Francis Bacon
English Philosopher
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
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