furthest
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1.1
- adverb
- /ˈfɜrðəst/
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más lejos
- Only a few, those furthest away, near the walls or corners of the dining room, survived.
It's not a surprise that the ones which are furthest away are the ones that are going fastest.
- It's not a surprise that the ones which are furthest away are the ones that are going fastest.
- OK, because then it's just Nick and Rachel's office and it's the furthest away from people.
- So it's the the more, more most factual thing is not what travels the furthest.
- We'll imagine a light beam which leaves from some distant object, and the light beam will get the furthest if it leaves earliest.
Examples
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My room is furthest from the kitchen.
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International flights always get the gate furthest from the terminal.
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Well, I want you to take it to the one furthest away.
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Keep the dangerous ones furthest away, huh?
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I was furthest away from it.
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It's not a surprise that the ones which are furthest away are the ones that are going fastest.
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The house furthest from the main road has a white Ford F250 pickup in the driveway.
Fiction book (2000) -
If there's a bright center to the universe, I lived in a place furthest from it: Stockerau.
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The school is by the south gate furthest from the entrance, and there's the forge, the governor's estate, the stables, and the barracks.
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The park is located furthest from my house, making it a quiet place to relax.
Synonyms
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7.0
At the farthest or most extreme point
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4.1
Furthest away at the edge of a place or time
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6.7
At the farthest distance in space, time, or order
Most distant in place, time, or order
At the greatest distance or degree compared with others
Farthest away from the center of something
At the far end of a row or shelf
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Furthest comes from the simple word far ('a great distance') plus the ending -est ('most'), so it means 'most far' and is used for the greatest distance in space or time.