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far

UK/fɑː/ US/fɑɹ/ very common uk

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”
2.

at or to or from a great distance in space

  • “he traveled far”
  • “strayed far from home”
  • “sat far away from each other”
3.

at or to a certain point or degree

  • “I can only go so far before I have to give up”
  • “how far can we get with this kind of argument?”
4.

remote in time

  • “if we could see far into the future”
  • “all that happened far in the past”
5.

to an advanced stage or point

  • “a young man who will go very far”

adjective

1.

at a great distance in time or space or degree

  • “we come from a far country”
  • “far corners of the earth”
  • “the far future”
  • “a far journey”
  • “the far side of the road”
  • “far from the truth”
  • “far in the future”
2.

being of a considerable distance or length

  • “a far trek”
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3.

being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle

  • “the horse on the right is the far horse”
  • “the right side is the far side of the horse”
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4.

beyond a norm in opinion or actions

  • “the far right”
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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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