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æft, ɑftaft

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aft(a)adverb

    (nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail

  2. aft, abaft, asternadverb

    at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane

    "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"

Wiktionary

  1. aftnoun

    The stern portion of a vessel.

  2. aftadverb

    At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel).

  3. Etymology: From æftan; originally superlative of of. See after.

ChatGPT

  1. aft

    Aft refers to the rear or back part of a ship, aircraft or spacecraft. It is the direction that is closer to the back end as compared to any other point of reference. It originates from the Middle English term "afta", meaning "behind." It is often used in maritime and aviation contexts. Aft is the opposite of "fore" or "forward", which refers to the front part.

  2. aft

    Aft refers to the rear or back part of a ship, boat or aircraft. It is a nautical term indicating direction or location, typically used to describe relative positions within the vessel. It is the opposite of "fore," which refers to the front part.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aft

    near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft

  2. Etymology: [AS. ftan behind; orig. superl. of of, off. See After.]

Wikidata

  1. Aft

    Aft, in naval terminology, is an adjective or adverb meaning, towards the stern of the ship, when the frame of reference is within the ship. Example: "Able Seaman Smith; lay aft!". Or; "What's happening aft?" ⁕The corresponding adjective, in distinguishing one feature of the vessel from another is after. See the caption to the right. Its antonym is forward. ⁕The corresponding preposition is abaft. For example, the mizzenmast is abaft the mainmast. Its antonym is before or, in a more clumsy form, forward of. Aft also describes the direction of movement within an aircraft; that is, towards the tail. Example: "Let's go aft." Meaning to pull back on the yoke. It may also describe the back/tail location or region within an aircraft cabin. Example: "Aft lavatory." The difference of aft and stern is that aft is the inside rearmost part of the vessel, while stern refers to the outside rearmost part of the vessel.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Aft

    aft, adj. or adv. behind: near or towards the stern of a vessel. [A.S. æft-an.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. aft

    A Saxon word contradistinctive of fore, and an abbreviation of abaft--the hinder part of the ship, or that nearest the stern.--Right aft is in a direct line with the keel from the stern.--To haul aft a sheet is to pull on the rope which brings the clue or corner of the sails more in the direction of the stern.--The mast rakes aft when it inclines towards the stern.

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Anagrams for AFT »

  1. fat

  2. FTA

  3. ATF

  4. ATF

  5. fat

  6. FTA

  7. TAF

  8. TFA

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of AFT in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of AFT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of AFT in a Sentence

  1. Flint Mayor Karen Weaver:

    The people of Flint have been waiting for action to remove lead tainted lines, on March 4, I was pleased that we pulled and replaced the first lead line. This investment from union pension funds means that we can move forward to remove more lead lines and renew Flint's infrastructure. I am very grateful to ULLICO (Union Labor Life Insurance Company) and AFT (American Federation of Teachers) for putting this idea crafted at the Clinton Global Initiative into action in our community.

  2. Oriana Korin:

    So AFT’s frontline educators, school staff, nurses and other workers have no doubts about who’s on their side when it comes to safe, equitable in-person reopening, which is something we’ve been working on since the start of this pandemic.

  3. Joe Raedle/Getty:

    There will be a couple of what we call fast boats will come up to the capsule at that point and make sure that everything is safe on the outside of the capsule for it to be hoisted on board the recovery ship, at that point, the recovery ship is moving in and in communications with the fast boats ...once everybody gives the thumbs up that we are ready to be hoisted aboard it will get lifted aboard by a crane and cradled on board the aft portion of the ship.

  4. Boeing Co:

    A testing issue occurred during the final minutes of the test, at approximately 99 percent of the final test loads, and involved a depressurization of the aft fuselage.

  5. President Biden:

    David knows the AFT well.He served there for 25 years, and Vice President Harris and I believe he’s the right person, at this moment, for this important agency.

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