Farther

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. To or at a more distant or remote point: ran farther than the others.
  • ad. To or at a more advanced point or stage: I went no farther that day.
  • ad. Usage Problem To a greater extent or degree: carried the idea farther.
  • adj. More distant; remoter: the farther shore.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. comparative form of far: more far Of or pertaining to being distant, or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time.
  • ad. comparative form of far: more far
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. More remote; more distant than something else.
  • adj. Tending to a greater distance; beyond a certain point; additional; further.
  • ad. At or to a greater distance; more remotely; beyond.
  • ad. Moreover; by way of progress in treating a subject.
  • v. To help onward. [R.] See further.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • At or to a greater distance; more distantly or remotely; beyond: as, be content without looking farther.
  • To a greater degree or extent; more; additionally.
  • More remote; more distant: as, Farther India.
  • Tending or reaching to a greater distance; further: as, here his farther progress was stayed.
  • Additional; increased.
  • Foreign; distant.
  • To promote; advance; help forward. See further.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. more distant in especially degree
  • adj. more distant in especially space or time
  • ad. to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
  • ad. to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
  • Equivalent
    far   
    Variant
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    additional    further    beyond    moreover    als    paste