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fûr′thər
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈfɜːðə/
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/ˈfɝ.ðɚ/
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British, Southern, Standard:
/ˈfəːðə/
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/ˈfəːvə/
th-fronting
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Scotland:
/fʌrðər/
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New-Zealand:
/føːðə/
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/feːðə/
Liverpool, fair–fur merger
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/fɛːðə/
Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)
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homophone: fervor (th-fronting, fern–fir–fur merger)
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CMU ARPABET:
F ER1 DH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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More distant; relatively distant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: comparative form of far
Examples
See those two lampposts? Run to the further one. He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
More, additional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
I have one further comment to make.
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Synonyms: none provided
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To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: comparative form of far
Examples
I can run further than you. I live a little further out of town. How was your company doing ten years further back?
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To a greater extent or degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: comparative form of far
Examples
Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced. I do not propose to discuss it any further. - Please, let me explain just a little further.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9. Don't confuse things further. Further, affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: conjunctive, not-comparable
Examples
It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense. I claim furthermore that he did not own the company but only worked there.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Following on (from).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised. This example is further to the one on page 17.
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Synonyms: none provided
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To help forward; to assist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hinder
To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
Further the economy. to further the peace process
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10
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
more distant in especially degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
nothing could be further from the truth further from our expectations farther from the truth farther from our expectations
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Synonyms: farther
Antonyms: none provided
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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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Synonyms: farther
Antonyms: none provided
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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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Synonyms: farther
Antonyms: none provided
in addition or furthermore
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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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Antonyms: none provided
promote the growth of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Foster our children's well-being and education
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Synonyms: foster
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
contribute to the progress or growth of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
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Synonyms: promote, advance, boost, encourage
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: support, back up
Narrower terms: connive at, wink at, foster, further, spur, help, carry, feed, contribute, lead, conduce
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”).
Across languages
Translations 106 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
أَبْعَد
(ʔabʕad)
— more distant
Arabic :
أَقْصَى
(ʔaqṣā)
— more distant
Arabic :
أطولُ
— more distant
Arabic :
إِضَافِيّ
(ʔiḍāfiyy)
— more distant
Arabic :
آخَر
(ʔāḵar)
— more distant
Arabic :
مَزِيد
(mazīd)
— more distant
Chinese Mandarin :
更远的
— more distant
Chinese Mandarin :
遠一點的 /远一点的
— more distant
Danish :
længere
— more distant
Esperanto :
plua
— more distant
Finnish :
kauempi
— more distant
Finnish :
etäisempi
— more distant
German :
weiter
— more distant
German :
ferner
— more distant
Latin :
ulterior
— more distant
Polish :
dalej
— more distant
Russian :
да́льний
(dálʹnij)
— more distant
Russian :
далёкий
(daljókij)
— more distant
Spanish :
ulterior
— more distant
Armenian :
հետագա
(hetaga)
— more, additional
Belarusian :
далейшы
(daljejšy)
— more, additional
Danish :
yderligere
— more, additional
Esperanto :
plia
— more, additional
French :
ultérieur
— more, additional
German :
weiter
— more, additional
Hungarian :
további
— more, additional
Italian :
ulteriore
— more, additional
Russian :
дальне́йший
(dalʹnéjšij)
— more, additional
Spanish :
adicional
— more, additional
Spanish :
extra
— more, additional
Spanish :
añadido
— more, additional
Spanish :
aditicio
— more, additional
Spanish :
complementario
— more, additional
Spanish :
mayor
— more, additional
Swedish :
ytterligare
— more, additional
Ukrainian :
пода́льший
(podálʹšyj)
— more, additional
Afrikaans :
verder
— comparative of far
Bulgarian :
по-нататък
(po-natatǎk)
— comparative of far
Danish :
længere
— comparative of far
Dutch :
verder
— comparative of far
Finnish :
kauempana
— comparative of far
Finnish :
kauemmaksi
— comparative of far
Finnish :
kauemmas
— comparative of far
Finnish :
kauempaa
— comparative of far
French :
plus loin
— comparative of far
Galician :
alén
— comparative of far
German :
weiter
— comparative of far
Latin :
porrō
— comparative of far
Latvian :
tuvāk
— comparative of far
Polish :
dalej
— comparative of far
Portuguese :
mais distantemente
— comparative of far
Portuguese :
mais de longe
— comparative of far
Romanian :
mai departe
— comparative of far
Russian :
да́льше
(dálʹše)
— comparative of far
Spanish :
más lejos
— comparative of far
Spanish :
acullá
— comparative of far
Spanish :
ulteriormente
— comparative of far
Bulgarian :
освен това
(osven tova)
— in addition, even more
Danish :
i tillæg til
— in addition, even more
Finnish :
lisäksi
— in addition, even more
Finnish :
edelleen
— in addition, even more
German :
des Weiteren
— in addition, even more
German :
zusätzlich
— in addition, even more
German :
ferner
— in addition, even more
German :
zudem
— in addition, even more
German :
im Weiteren
— in addition, even more
German :
überdies
— in addition, even more
Italian :
ulteriormente
— in addition, even more
Latvian :
tuvāk
— in addition, even more
Polish :
dalej
— in addition, even more
Portuguese :
além disso
— in addition, even more
Russian :
да́лее
(dáleje)
— in addition, even more
Russian :
кро́ме того́
(króme tovó)
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
adicionalmente
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
incluso más
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
todavía más
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
aún más
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
aun más
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
más aún
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
continuar
— in addition, even more
Spanish :
seguir
— in addition, even more
Ukrainian :
да́лі
(dáli)
— in addition, even more
Ukrainian :
крім того́
(krim tohó)
— in addition, even more
Ukrainian :
по́тім
(pótim)
— in addition, even more
Ukrainian :
додатко́во
(dodatkóvo)
— in addition, even more
Bulgarian :
подкрепям
(podkrepjam)
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Bulgarian :
съдействам
(sǎdejstvam)
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Chinese Mandarin :
催進 /催进
(cuījìn)
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Dutch :
aanmoedigen
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Finnish :
edistää
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
French :
encourager
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Italian :
incoraggiare
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Italian :
incentivare
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Portuguese :
desenvolver
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Portuguese :
incentivar
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Portuguese :
estimular
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Romanian :
încuraja
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
exhortar
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
incentivar
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
estimular
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
fomentar
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
desarrollar
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
impulsar
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
promover
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
asistir
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
Spanish :
desenvolver
— to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote
