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farther

farther

3 1.0
At a greater distance in space or time than something else
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɑrðər/
translation icon : más alejado
  • Well Mars is substantially farther from the sun than we are.
  • farther south
  • farther north
  • farther east

And that distance is farther the higher up you are in the ship.

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Examples

  • The mountains look farther away than they did last week.

  • Yeah, I guess these need to be farther over, but yeah, something like that.

  • And that distance is farther the higher up you are in the ship.

    StarTalk

  • Farther than you can possibly imagine.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Farther and farther, the streak of yellow wound, disappearing then in a splash of red.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Farther into the woods.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Farther north and east, the Cape Bee hybridizes with the Highland Bee.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Farther south, in the Balkans, a multinational construction called Yugoslavia disintegrated loudly into a war that might yet spread to the entire region.

    Academic text (1993)

  • She decided to run farther than she had ever run before.

  • He explained that the deadline was farther than what we initially thought.

Synonyms

further
vsfarther
∞ 2.0

More distant in space, time, or meaning

includes literal spatial distance as well as time and degree uses

How Far

farthest
41 1.0
farther
3 1.0
far
241 1.0
near
240 1.0

Surface Forms

farther positive
fartherer comparative
farthest superlative

Morphology

farther = far (transparent) = far + er

Regular comparative formation from the adjective 'far' with the comparative suffix '-er', yielding 'more far' (greater distance).

Etymology

Farther is the form of far that shows 'more', with the ending -ther giving the sense 'more', so it literally means 'more far'. That's why we use farther as an adjective to say something is at a greater distance or degree.