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/æft/

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adverb
at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
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"stow the luggage aft" "ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"

Similar:

abaft astern

Opposite:

fore
adjective
(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail
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Similar:

after aftermost

Opposite:

fore

Examples of aft

"stow the luggage aft"
"ships with square sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"