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1. (compar. of) farther
at or to a greater distance:
to run farther down the road.
2. farther
at or to a more advanced point:
to go no farther in one's graduate studies.
3. farther
at or to a greater degree or extent: The application of the law was extended farther.
4. (adj.) farther
more distant or remote than something or some place nearer:
the farther side of the mountain.
5. farther
extending or tending to a greater distance:
He made a still farther trip.; He gave no further trouble.; As an adjective designating distance, either literal or metaphoric, both farther and further are used in all varieties of speech and writing:; the farther (or further) island; a farther (or further) stretch of the imagination.; further is more usual as an adverb indicating degree:; Campaign rhetoric further strained relations between the two parties,; and further alone functions as a sentence modifier:; Further, this translation is closer to the original Greek.; As adverbs, both farther and further are used for distance of any kind — spatial, temporal, or metaphorical:; Seattle is farther (or further) from Chicago than Cincinnati is. Look no farther (or further): here is the solution. His study of the epic extends farther (or further) than any recent one.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME ferther; orig. var. of further)
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1. (adj) farther
more distant in especially space or time
"they live in the farther house"
2. (adverb) further, farther
more distant in especially degree
"nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations"
3. (adverb) further, farther
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
"further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies"
4. (adverb) farther, further
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
"farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future"
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1. (adverb) farther
a comparative of "far"
I can throw farther than you.; the mountain that is farther north
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1. (adverb) farther
at or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond; as, let us rest with what we have, without looking farther
2. (adverb) farther
moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject; as, farther, let us consider the probable event
3. farther
more remote; more distant than something else
4. farther
tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further
5. (verb) farther
to help onward. [R.] See Further
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