⬆️ To a greater degree ↔️ More distant ➡️ To a greater distance ➕ In addition 🚀 To help progress

further

986 1.0

To a greater degree or in more detail

adverb
/ˈfɜrðər/

: más

Let's go one step further before we turn to quarks.

So maybe just pushing a little further on on that point.

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Examples

So maybe just pushing a little further on on that point.

Lex Fridman
You could, you could go further and solve for Y.
We're going to go in a little bit further now.
So here we go a little bit further on, he says.
Let's go on a little bit further, he says.
I mean, you can even go further as Stephen Law does.
I will try to add a few further thoughts.
And as a result, you may not ask further clarifying questions.
They just keep going further and further and further away.
Let's examine the proposal a little further before making a decision.

Synonyms

vsfurther

∞ 1.0

To a greater degree

focuses on progression to a later stage rather than general increase

farther

vsfurther

279 1.0

At a greater distance or degree than before

applies to advancement or abstract degree rather than measurable distance

Antonyms

less

∞ 1.0

To a smaller degree than something else

Idioms

no further ado

Formal

1 4.1

To begin immediately without a long introduction

Compounds

further medical attention

1 3.4

Extra medical care needed after first treatment

How Much

greatly

312 1.0

further

986 1.0

somewhat

811 2.0

slightly

880 1.0

Surface Forms

further positive

furtherer comparative

furthest superlative

Morphology

further = far (transparent) = far + ther

Formally a comparative built from 'far' (so meaning 'to a greater degree') and is directly derivable for learners who know 'far'.

Etymology

Further comes from the same idea as far, with the sense of 'more' or 'to a greater degree', so think of it as 'more far'. So when you discuss something further, you are talking about it more or in more depth.