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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024aft1 /æft/USA pronunciation adv. - Nautical, Naval Termsat, close to, or toward the stern of a ship or the tail of an aircraft: Take a seat aft, please.
adj. - Nautical, Naval Termssituated toward or at the stern or tail:The seat was aft of the exit door.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024aft1 (aft, äft),USA pronunciation [Naut., Aeron.]adv. - Nautical, Naval Termsat, close to, or toward the stern or tail:Stow the luggage aft.
adj. - Nautical, Naval Termssituated toward or at the stern or tail:The aft sail was luffing.
- bef. 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
- Scottish Termsoft.
aft., - afternoon.
A.F.T., - American Federation of Teachers.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: aft /ɑːft/ adv , adj - chiefly towards or at the stern or rear: the aft deck, aft of the engines
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps a shortened form of earlier abaft |