Further
['fɜːðə] or ['fɝðɚ]
Definition
(adj.) more distant in especially degree; 'nothing could be further from the truth'; 'further from our expectations'; 'farther from the truth'; 'farther from our expectations' .
(adv.) 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'.
(adv.) in addition or furthermore; 'if we further suppose'; 'stated further that he would not cooperate with them'; 'they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already'.
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Definition
(adv.) To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.
(superl.) More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.
(superl.) Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.
(adv.) To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Farther, more remote (from the starting point), more in advance.[2]. Additional.
ad. [1]. Farther, more remotely, more in advance, to a greater distance (from the starting point).[2]. Farther, moreover, besides, furthermore.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ADVANCE]
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Definition
adv. to a greater distance or degree: in addition.—adj. more distant: additional.—adv. Fur′thermore in addition to what has been said moreover besides.—adjs. Fur′thermost most remote; Fur′thersome tending to further or promote.—adv. Fur′thest at the greatest distance.—adj. most distant.—Wish one further to wish one somewhere else than here and now.
v.t. to help forward promote.—ns. Fur′therance a helping forward; Fur′therer a promoter advancer.—adj. Fur′thersome helpful.
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Examples
- The subject of gymnastic leads Plato to the sister subject of medicine, which he further illustrates by the parallel of law. Plato. The Republic.
- Is there anything further which I can explain, Dr. Trevelyan? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He kissed Amy as she started up to meet him, nodded to Fanny, nodded to his father, gloomed on the visitor without further recognition, and sat down. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Zat Arras will permit you in due time to reflect further upon the magnanimous offer he has made you. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Could you commission any friend of yours to bring me a pair, if you've no further use for 'em? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Capitalists and manufacturers had been rendered so conservative by the large loss of money in the Roxbury Company, that they were disinclined to have anything further to do with it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I adverted to what Adrian had already done--I promised the same vigilance in furthering all his views. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The question is, how far an opinion is life-furthering, life-preserving, species-preserving, perhaps species-rearing. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Public sentiment and the loss of trade will go far in furthering an effort toward better sanitation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Finding Perdita immoveable, we consulted as to the best means of furthering her purpose. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The development was much furthered by a delight in his guest which proved greater even than he had anticipated. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She furthered no preparations for her nuptials; Louis was himself obliged to direct all arrangements. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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