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FAR

[fahr]

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adverb

at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.

at or to a remote or advanced time: We talked far into the night.

at or to a great, advanced, or definite point of progress, or degree: Having come this far, we might as well continue.

much or many: I need far more time. We gained far more advantages.

adjective

being at a great distance; remote in time or place: a far country; the far future.

extending to a great distance: the far frontiers of empire.

more distant of the two: the far side.

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Far is always a great word to know.

So is ream. Does it mean:

to scold or reprimand severely, to cheat or defraud

deceptive, exaggerated, or meaningless talk

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Idioms

a far cry (from). cry (def. 27).

as far as. as¹ (def. 18).

10.

by far,

by a great deal; very much: too expensive by far.

plainly; obviously: This melon is by far the ripest of the lot.

11.

far and away, by far; undoubtedly: She is far and away the smartest one in the class.

12.

far and wide, to great lengths; over great distances: He traveled far and wide in search of his missing son. Also, far and near, near and far.

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13.

far be it from me, I do not wish or dare (to interrupt, criticize, etc.): Far be it from me to complain, but it's getting stuffy in here.

14.

far out, Slang.

unconventional; offbeat: His sense of humor is far out.

radical; extreme: political opinions that are far out.

recondite or esoteric: an interest in art that was considered far out.

15.

few and far between. few (def. 5).

16.

go far,

to attain success: With so much talent he should go far.

to have a great effect toward; help: The new evidence will go far toward proving the defendant's guilt.

17.

how far, to what distance, extent, or degree: She didn't know how far they had gone in the mathematics text. How far do you think they can be trusted?

18.

on the far side of. side¹ (def. 26).

19.

so far,

up to now: So far, I've had no reply to my request.

up to a certain point or extent: We were able to plan only so far because of various factors beyond our control.

20.

so far so good, succeeding or managing adequately to this point; doing well thus far: The work is difficult, but so far so good.

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the far side. side¹ (def. 29).

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thus far,

up to the present; up to now: We have met no resistance to our plan thus far.

to a particular degree, point, or extent: When you get thus far in the experiment, consult with the professor.

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Origin:
before 900; Middle English far, fer, Old English feorr; cognate with Old High German ferr, Old Norse fjar, Gothic fairra; akin to German fern far, Latin porrō forward, further

Related forms

far·ness, noun

o·ver·far, adverb, adjective

un·far, adjective, adverb

Can be confused: fair, far, fare, flare (see synonym note at fair¹).

Usage note
See as¹, farther.

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Example Sentences

We as a country and as a culture are far too deferential to the police.

Pause and engage:The best way to stop the populist far right is to counter not pander to its crude message,.

Venomous snakes send shivers down many people's spines, but venomous fish are far more common, scientists say.

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We as a country and as a culture are far too deferential to the police.

Pause and engage:The best way to stop the populist far right is to counter not pander to its crude message,.

Venomous snakes send shivers down many people's spines, but venomous fish are far more common, scientists say.

The effort to save the fallen champion shows how far equine medicine has come in recent years.

Sip and stroll close to home and far away from the tourist hordes.

Truly new ideas are few and far between, and nowhere is that more.

In recent years, merit aid and loans have usually increased at a far faster rate than need-based grants.

It is better educated, highly urbanised, far more exposed to the outside world and much less patient.

Much of the thrill of venturing to the far side of the world rests on the romance of difference.

Problems with emergency equipment and disaster procedures are far more pervasive than publicly described.

It is far easier for me to think of bad dinosaur movies.

Take one of these wine country daytrips to sip and stroll close to home and far away from the tourist hordes.

With a counterweight attached at the far end, the strand will stay taut through sustained centripetal force.

As far as the raccoon with the big nuts, your guess is as good as mine.

India wanted the right to raise farm tariffs far above agreed ceilings in response to a modest increase in imports.

Two species of locust tested so far also have the same bacteria-killing molecules in their tiny heads.

To developing nations, the new arguments for nuclear power are far from compelling.

Most men of that day wore far fancier, more regal clothes.

Stangeland's solution was to position the visitor parking area as far from the front door as possible.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a.

The losses so many have suffered are unfathomable and the disaster is far from over.

As it turns out, that may not be so far from the truth.

Shellfish are a far less dramatic prey but still an important part of the leopard seal's diet.

Numerous studies have so far reported success at coaxing adult stem cells into various cell types under different conditions.

They are far more interesting than that, and are generally not mindless man-killers.

Fences are fine between neighboring properties, as far as they go.

They aim ads at them, target jingles at them, even go so far as to build entire cars for them.

The number of duplicate claims among patents is far too high.

In this case, forest elephants may be of particular concern, because far less is known about their population.

Cosmic expansion may leave astronomers of the far future with no hint of the big bang that started it.

Protected by innovative body armor, soldiers sustain far fewer injuries to the torso.

The arbor-shaded patio with banco seating invites guests to the garden's far reaches.

It is far better than anyone was expecting, far better than a.

Europe is still far from adopting that model of administrative leadership.

They are far duller folk than their caricatures and the offences they are accused of crumble on closer examination.

More than a dozen x-ray telescopes have been launched into space so far.

Eyes lose their flexibility with age, sometimes making it difficult to shift focus from near to far or vice versa.

Because works on paper exist in far greater numbers than his paintings.

Placing the conversation area as far from the house as possible makes it feel worlds away from everyday concerns.

The first thing she found is that young people today write far more than any generation before them.

While gossip may spread far and wide in academia, it doesn't matter.

The sea bottom is gray and plain, a sort of anti-Hawaii, a place located far from holidays and honeymoons.

Could cosmic inflation be a sign that our universe is embedded in a far vaster realm.

Visionaries see a future for airships that goes far beyond advertising.

Water runs through a pipe hidden beneath the channel's river rocks to a catchment pond at the far end.

The faculty supremacy complex afflicts far too many in your ranks.

As you fall asleep you hear bloodhounds not far away.

Even the youngest children know, experience and learn far more than scientists ever thought possible.

Broken into thousands of fragments, the figures were far too delicate to be excavated on the.

Because we're so far from the streets, there are no lights above and you can.

Television series budgets are far leaner, but you'll probably get a show cap or jacket.

People are few and far between in these croplands of wheat and cotton.

Conventional breast cancer screening tests are far from perfect.

In fact, a few years ago the studio had something that may have departed a little too far from the previous films.

Naef framed the far side of the lawn with an extraordinary stone wall that hides both the driveway and street.

Openly gay or lesbian college presidents are few and far between.

Then, double the number of miles or kilometers to figure out how far it is from your house to the locale, then back to your house.

Men are far more likely to use illicit substances, and partly for that reason, research on addiction for decades.

The cowbirds also ravaged warbler nests that were too far along in the brooding process to accept new eggs.

Hart points to a ridgeline far above the beach, where other spruces grow, the gesture implying the obvious.

Folk wisdom and some scientists have long maintained that women speak far more than men do.

Soon, beautiful, clean sand stretched as far as the eye could see.

These plants never strayed too far from the city center, so development grew densely.

Take a deep whiff of baby powder and you might be transported about as far back as you can.

She resided too far at the other extreme, but it was a good lesson of indulgence in my family:.

That's going too far in friendliness and can be interpreted as mocking.

But it was also clear that the campaign was far too ambitious.

Not to critisize, but there is far more life on this planet than us that are at stake.

And clearly--as he knows far too well--it could wind up doing much, much worse.

Once the leaves start changing color, a crisp apple dipped in chewy caramel is a suitable afternoon snack as far as we're.

The university has not been affected by the current crisis so far.

When left to its own logic, though, fire renews far more life than it destroys.

The radiation that comes from far outside our galaxy, filling the whole universe, is the cosmic background.

Others swoop close to their stars and then swing far out on egg-shaped paths, scattering smaller bodies as they.

But sometimes the stalks appear in clusters on leaves or other plant parts, usually not far from a colony of aphids.

They have the power to merge threads, but so far this has not happened.

Natural gas can migrate into drinking water as far as one kilometer from a drilling site, researchers find.

In so far as cryptozoology has failed it can be laid at the feet of cryptozoolgists, who could be more scientifically rigorous.

But materials and engineering skill lagged far behind the dream.

Winners of our design contest show how far some will go to make life cozy for their dogs.

The intellectual preparation for an interview is far less straightforward than the logistics.

Ask students to imagine that they are looking for a new home in another country, far from where they live now.

Proust even goes so far as to blame his sense of sight for obscuring his childhood memories in the first place.

When she bought her property, a shed that served as a studio sat in the far corner of the wedge-shaped backyard.

The faculty-supremacy complex afflicts far too many in your ranks.

But that's about all that is known about them so far.

These stories underscore how far and deep the science of chemistry reaches into our modern life.

Also ask the arborist how far any solid paving should be from the tree's trunk to avoid suffocating the roots.

It's particularly silly considering that breastmilk is far healthier than formula.

Ponderosa pines tower over the road, then part to reveal valleys far below and sheer mountainsides above.

The dormant volcanoes on the far side of the moon offer an alternative way to sculpt the lunar surface.

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World English Dictionary

far (fɑː)

—*adv* , farther, further, farthest, furthest
1.	at, to, or from a great distance
2.	at or to a remote time: far in the future
3.	to a considerable degree; very much: a far better plan
4.	as far as
	a. to the degree or extent that
	b. to the distance or place of
	c. informal with reference to; as for
5.	by far by a considerable margin
6.	far and away by a very great margin
7.	far and wide over great distances; everywhere
8.	far be it from me I would not presume; on no account: far be it from me to tell you what to do
9.	far gone
	a. in an advanced state of deterioration
	b. informal extremely drunk
10.	go far
	a. to be successful; achieve much: your son will go far
	b. to be sufficient or last long: the wine didn't go far
11.	go too far to exceed reasonable limits
12.	how far? to what extent, distance, or degree?
13.	in so far as to the degree or extent that
14.	so far
	a. up to the present moment
	b. up to a certain point, extent, degree, etc
15.	so far, so good an expression of satisfaction with progress made

—*adj*
16.	remote in space or time: a far country; in the far past
17.	extending a great distance; long
18.	more distant: the far end of the room
19.	a far cry
	a. a long way
	b. something very different
20.	far from in a degree, state, etc, remote from: he is far from happy

[Old English feorr; related to Old Frisian fīr, Old High German ferro, Latin porro forwards, Greek pera further]

'farness

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Word Origin & History

far

O.E. feorr "to a great distance, long ago," from P.Gmc. *ferro (cf. O.N. fjarre, Du. ver, Ger. fern), from PIE *per- "through, across, beyond" (cf. Skt. parah "farther, remote, ulterior," Hitt. para "outside of," Gk. pera "across, beyond," L. per "through," O.Ir. ire "farther"). Far East "China, Japan,

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and surrounding regions" is from 1852.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms

FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulations

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Idioms & Phrases

far

In addition to the idioms beginning with far, also see as far as; as far as possible; as far as that goes; by far; carry too far; few and far between; go far; go so far as to; go too far; so far; so far so good.