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[ adverb ] to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
Synonyms Examples "further complicated" "let's not discuss it further" "nothing could be further from the truth" |
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[ adjective ] more distant in especially space or time
Examples "they live in the farther house" |
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[ adverb ] to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
Synonyms Examples "farther north" "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids" "went only three miles further" "further in the future" |
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[ adjective ] more distant in especially degree
Synonyms Examples "nothing could be further from the truth" "further from our expectations" "farther from the truth" "farther from our expectations" |
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