further

CEFRA2

/ˈfɜːðə/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    More distant or additional.

  2. 02

    verb

    To help something develop or progress.

Examples

  • Education should be carried further than it is now.

  • We had walked a bit further than I had realized.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈfəːvə/
  • /feːðə/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. More distant; relatively distant.

  2. To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To help forward; to assist.

More examples

In context

  • You will find it stated a few pages further on.

  • See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.

  • to further the peace process

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).