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adv. & adj. at, near, or toward the stern of a ship or tail of a aircraft: he made his way to the aft cargo compartment.

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Behind, from the naval term for the after section of the ship.

IN BRIEF: Near or toward a boat's stern.

The captain ordered the load to be placed aft.

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For a list of words related to aft, see:

• Airframe and Engines - aft: (adj) toward the tail
• Parts of Ships, Sails, and Equipment - aft: rear of ship; stern; (adj) toward the stern, behind

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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - agter, agterude
adj. - agter-

Nederlands (Dutch)
achterin (schip)

Français (French)
adv. - (Naut) sur, à, vers l'arrière
adj. - (Naut) sur, à, vers l'arrière

Deutsch (German)
adv. - (naut.) achtern
adj. - (naut.) achtern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv., -
adj. - (ναυτ.) πρύμνηθεν, προς την πρύμνη

Italiano (Italian)
a poppa

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - de ou à popa (Náut.), de ou à ré (Náut.)
adj. - traseiro, posterior

Русский (Russian)
на корме

Español (Spanish)
adv. - a popa, en popa
adj. - de popa

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - akter ut
adj. - aktre, aktre-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在船尾, 近船尾, 向船尾, 船尾部的, 后部的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 在船尾, 近船尾, 向船尾
adj. - 船尾部的, 後部的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 고물쪽으로
adj. - 고물의

日本語 (Japanese)
abbr. - 船尾で, 尾翼で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) قرب أو نحو مؤخرة ألسفينه أو ألطائره (صفه) خلفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮בירכתי הספינה או לכיוונם‬
adj. - ‮בירכתי הספינה או לכיוונם‬

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