far

Definitions


[fɑː], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- at, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another)
(e.g: the house was not too far away)

- over a large expanse of space or time
(e.g: he had not travelled far)

- by a great deal
(e.g: he is able to function far better than usual)


Phrases:
- a — too far
- as far as
- be a far cry from
- by far
- far and away
- far and near
- far and wide
- far be it from me to
- far from
- far from it
- far gone
- go far
- go so far as to do something
- go too far
- how far
- so far
- so far as
- so far so good

Origin:
Old English feorr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ver, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit para and Greek pera ‘further’


[fɑː], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- situated at a great distance in space or time
(e.g: the far reaches of the universe)


Phrases:
- a — too far
- as far as
- be a far cry from
- by far
- far and away
- far and near
- far and wide
- far be it from me to
- far from
- far from it
- far gone
- go far
- go so far as to do something
- go too far
- how far
- so far
- so far as
- so far so good

Origin:
Old English feorr, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ver, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit para and Greek pera ‘further’




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