Farther Meaning
/ˈfɑːðə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAlternative form of further. (See also the usage notes at further.)
verbAlternative form of further.
Sentence Examples
The school is farther than the station.
I can't walk any farther.
About two miles farther on, the road bent to the right.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She threw the ball ____ than any other player on the team had done before.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The goal was much ____ away than he had initially thought when he started the long race.
Word Origin & History
Variant of further.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The necessity must be obeyed, and farther apology would be absurd."
— 1813, Pride & Prejudice:
"Mary translated this into the lady being born in Pisa, of English parents; and might have made farther inquiries of the man who had been with them in the capacity of courier ever since they arrived, and who was intelligent and faithful..."
— 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter L, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 13:
"But as the matter is often carried farther, even to the absolute rejecting of all profound reasonings, or what is commonly called metaphysics, we shall now proceed to consider what can reasonably be pleaded in their behalf."
— 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She threw the ball ____ than any other player on the team had done before.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The goal was much ____ away than he had initially thought when he started the long race.