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[əˈbɑːft], (Adverb)
Definitions:
- in or behind the stern of a ship
(e.g: a line of clouds was spotted abaft by the starboard lookout)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘backwards’): from a- (expressing motion) + archaic baft ‘in the rear’
[əˈbɑːft], (Preposition)
Definitions:
- nearer the stern than; behind
(e.g: the yacht has a shower just abaft the galley)
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Origin
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Middle English (in the sense ‘backwards’): from a- (expressing motion) + archaic baft ‘in the rear’
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