far
adverb
1.
to a considerable degree; very much
- “a far far better thing that I do”
- “felt far worse than yesterday”
- “eyes far too close together”
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adjective
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noun
1.
a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
- “in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists”
Origin
Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai
Phrases
- a bridge too far
- a far remove
- as far as
- as far as I can throw you
- as far as I'm concerned
- as far as one knows
- as far as the eye can see
- as far as the eye could see
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