aft
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[ aft, ahft ]
/ æft, ɑft /
adverb
at, close to, or toward the stern or tail: Stow the luggage aft.
adjective
situated toward or at the stern or tail: The aft sail was luffing.
Origin of aft
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before 950; Middle English
afte, Old English
æftan from behind, equivalent to
æf- opposite +
-t- suffix of uncertain value +
-an suffix marking motion from; cognate with Old Frisian
efta, Old Saxon, Old High German
aftan, Gothic
aftana, Old Norse
aptan, Greek
opís(s)ō behind; not akin to Greek
apó
off
Words nearby aft
afrofuturism,
afrormosia,
afsc,
afscme,
afslaet,
aft,
aft.,
after,
after a fashion,
after a sort,
after a while
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British Dictionary definitions for aft
aft
/ (ɑːft) /
adverb, adjective
mainly nautical
towards or at the stern or rear
the aft deck; aft of the engines
Word Origin for aft
C17: perhaps a shortened form of earlier
abaft