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FARTHER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More distant in especially space or time
Example:
they live in the farther house
Classified under:
Similar:
far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)
Sense 2
Meaning:
More distant in especially degree
Example:
farther from our expectations
Synonyms:
farther; further
Classified under:
Similar:
far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense)
Example:
further in the future
Synonyms:
farther; further
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense)
Example:
he is going no farther in his studies
Synonyms:
farther; further
Classified under:
Context examples:
However, it appears that Kepler-51 d, which is farther from the star, will continue to be a low-density oddball planet, though it will both shrink and lose some small amount of atmosphere.
('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)
Even the stanchest of Spencer's followers will not go farther.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Nay, if you can use such a word, I can urge you no farther.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
On the farther side of it, under the shadow of a mighty oak, there stood a singular group of three people.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Its three major tributary glaciers are fed by their own tributaries farther inland.
(Antarctica’s Larsen B Ice Shelf Nearing Its Final Act, NASA)
At other times, I passed on farther away,—from city to city, seeking I know not what, and trying to leave I know not what behind.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Or, as chance might have it, he would lie farther away, to the side or rear, watching the outlines of the man and the occasional movements of his body.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
We were travelling faster, and heeled farther over.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Our journey was somewhat farther than from London to St. Alban’s.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
Back and farther back Edith shoved her husband.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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