American English pronunciation
How to pronounce further
IPA transcription: ['fɚðɚ]
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Verb
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contribute to the progress or growth of
“I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom”
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promote the growth of
“Foster our children's well-being and education”
Adjective
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more distant in especially degree
“nothing could be further from the truth”
“further from our expectations”
“farther from the truth”
“farther from our expectations”
Adverb
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to a considerable degree; very much
“a far far better thing that I do”
“felt far worse than yesterday”
“eyes far too close together”
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at or to or from a great distance in space
“he traveled far”
“strayed far from home”
“sat far away from each other”
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to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
“further complicated by uncertainty about the future”
“let's not discuss it further”
“nothing could be further from the truth”
“they are further along in their research than we expected”
“the application of the law was extended farther”
“he is going no farther in his studies”
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at or to a certain point or degree
“I can only go so far before I have to give up”
“how far can we get with this kind of argument?”
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in addition or furthermore
“if we further suppose”
“stated further that he would not cooperate with them”
“they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already”
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to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
“farther north”
“moved farther away”
“farther down the corridor”
“the practice may go back still farther to the Druids”
“went only three miles further”
“further in the future”
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remote in time
“if we could see far into the future”
“all that happened far in the past”
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to an advanced stage or point
“a young man who will go very far”
Usage examples
- We need to look further forward than the near-term goals
- The team's already dreadful attendance dropped even further.
- The Uawa River is called the Hikuwai further up.
- Tone furthermore plays a role in verb conjugation.
- Goebbels further believed that the Party Chancellery chief was managing Hitler.
- Further developments have made scaffolding systems even easier to use.
- Furthermore, there are classifications that relate the size of the eventuality to memory recollection.
- The volume wouldn't increase much further.
- See the Earl of Jersey for further history of the viscountcy.
- Edges were often sharpened by further retouching.