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Definitions for furthest
ˈfɜr ðɪstfur·thest

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermostadverb

    (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order

    "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"

  2. furthest, farthestadverb

    to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)

    "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us"

  3. farthest, furthestadverb

    to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)

    "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"

Wiktionary

  1. furthestadjective

    A synonym of farthest.

ChatGPT

  1. furthest

    Furthest refers to the greatest distance or degree of something, or the most extreme extent or advancement of a certain thing. It can also mean the point, period, or level that is the greatest distance or the most advanced.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Furthestadjective

    superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a

  2. Furthestadverb

    at the greatest distance; farthest

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of furthest in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of furthest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of furthest in a Sentence

  1. Louis Pasteur:

    Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence.

  2. Stacy Malone:

    It read to me like, if you want to proceed, if you want to fight this and take it to the furthest legal extent that I could, then I would have to do it publicly.

  3. Kahlil Gibran:

    When you work you fulfil a part of earth's furthest dream, assigned to you when that dream was born. And in keeping yourself with labour you are in truth loving life, And to love life through labour is to be intimate with life's inmost secret.

  4. Michael LaFitte:

    I immediately knew that this isn't the school that we sent our children to, this isn't the community that we're raising our babies in, i reached out to these guys and some other parents. We decided to have a meeting in downtown Shreveport ... (to) put together a master plan. That plan did not include coming up to the school. That was the furthest thing on our mind.

  5. Chris Delforce:

    The industry is telling people these animals are being killed ethically, that they are being killed humanely, it's the furthest thing from humane.

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