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far

/fɑː/

adjective

Meaning

  • Distant; remote in space.

    "He went to a far land."

  • Remote in time.

    "the far future"

  • Long.

  • More remote of two.

    "He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end."

  • Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

    "They are on the far right on this issue."

  • Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

  • Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

    "far heap; far memory; far pointer"

Synonyms

distant,
far

adverb

Meaning

  • To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

    "He built a time machine and travelled far into the future."

  • Very much; by a great amount.

    "He was far richer than we'd thought."