farther
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- adverb
- /ˈfɑrðər/
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- I see a future that can take us Farther than anyone has gone.
- farther east
- farther north
- farther south
No track could lead him farther from the steppe.
- No track could lead him farther from the steppe.
- Her voice carries her higher and further than the seashore.
- Plus it's quite a bit farther north than where I'm in Florida.
- It's going to get farther than just art and music.
- His bat is a little bit further away than you are now.
- The Thunder is always farther away than the whitening.
- Shouldn't they be moving farther away from one another?
- So if we go along a little bit further, here we go.
- I mean, they're just further along on their journey than you are.
Examples
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Plus it's quite a bit farther north than where I'm in Florida.
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So now watch what happens if I put the sun three times farther away, right?
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It's going to get farther than just art and music.
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Farther along we'll know all about it
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No track could lead him farther from the steppe.
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Shouldn't they be moving farther away from one another?
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Farther along the connecting passage, two wooden doors opened into a large room.
Fiction book (2000) -
Farther west, above low hills covered by a semitropical forest, the sky was clear.
Fiction book (1999) -
Farther up Broad Street, nearly every doorway displays a sign identifying a law office housed within.
Academic text (2001) -
The new road allows us to travel farther into the countryside than before.
Synonyms
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To a greater distance in space or time
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Etymology
Farther comes from far ('a long distance') plus the ending -ther ('more'), so it means 'more far' or 'to a greater distance'. That's why we use farther as an adverb to say how much farther something goes or moves.