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furthermore

adj · adv · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈfɜː.ðəˌmoː(ɹ)/
  • CMU ARPABET: F ER1 DH ER0 M AO2 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

comparative form of further: more further; the more especially forward, ahead or (figurative) progressed

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: comparative, form-of, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.
  • He claimed further(more) that he was not even in town the day the murder occured.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

in addition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • computer chess games are getting cheaper all the time; furthermore, their quality is improving
  • the cellar was dark; moreover, mice nested there
  • what is more, there's no sign of a change

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moreover, what is more

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further + -more.

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Arabic: أَضِف إِلَى ذٰلِك (ʔaḍif ʔilā ḏālik) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Azerbaijani: əlavə olaraq — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Azerbaijani: üstəlik olaraq — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Azerbaijani: bundan əlavə — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Azerbaijani: üstəlik — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Belarusian: апро́ч таго́ (apróč tahó) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Bulgarian: освен това (osven tova) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Bulgarian: нещо повече (nešto poveče) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Catalan: a més — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Catalan: a més a més — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Catalan: endemés — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 並且 /并且 (bìngqiě) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 而且 (érqiě) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 還有 /还有 (háiyǒu) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 況且 /况且 (kuàngqiě) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 另外 (lìngwài) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Czech: nadto — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Czech: kromě toho — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Czech: navíc — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Danish: ydermere — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Danish: desuden — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Dena'ina: ki — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Dutch: daarenboven — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Dutch: bovendien — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Esperanto: cetere — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Finnish: lisäksi — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: de plus — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: en plus en outre — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: de surcroît — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: par surcroît par ailleurs — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: d'un autre côté — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: d'autre part — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: au reste — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: du reste — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • French: au surplus — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Galician: ademais — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Galician: a maior abastanza — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Galician: a maiores — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Galician: aínda por riba — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Georgian: გარდა ამისა (garda amisa) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • German: weiterhin — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • German: darüber hinaus — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • German: außerdem — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • German: des Weiteren — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Hindi: और भी (aur bhī) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Hungarian: ráadásul — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Hungarian: továbbá — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Hungarian: emellett — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Italian: inoltre — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Japanese: そのうえ (sonoue) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Korean: 또한 (ttohan) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Central Kurdish: سەرەڕای ئەوە (sererray ewe) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Latin: amplius — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Latin: cēterum — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Malagasy: ankoatra izay — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Malagasy: fanampin'izay — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Malay: lagipun — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Māori: waihoki — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Māori: ka mutu — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Māori: me te aha anō — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Māori: whaihoki — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Norwegian Bokmål: videre — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dessuten — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Norwegian Bokmål: i tillegg — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forøvrig — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vidare — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dessutan — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Pannonian Rusyn: окрем того (okrem toho) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Pannonian Rusyn: попри того (popri toho) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Pannonian Rusyn: попри тим (popri tim) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Polish: ponadto — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Polish: oprócz tego — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Polish: poza tym — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Polish: w dodatku — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Polish: dodatkowo — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Portuguese: além disso — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Russian: к тому́ же (k tomú že) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Russian: кро́ме того́ (króme tovó) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Scottish Gaelic: cho math ri sin — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Serbo-Croatian: osim toga — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadalje — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Serbo-Croatian: dodatno — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Slovak: navyše — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Slovak: naviac — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Slovak: tiež — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: más — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: es más — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: además — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: otrosí — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: por añadidura — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: a mayor abundamiento — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: de cuña — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Spanish: ítem más — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Swahili: aidha — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Swedish: därutöver — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Swedish: dessutom — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Swedish: vidare — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Tocharian B: ṣpak — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Ukrainian: крім то́го (krim tóho) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Ukrainian: більше того (bilʹše toho) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Yiddish: אַחוץ דעם (akhuts dem) — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
  • Zazaki: ayê ra ki dot — In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information
Real reading context

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