Far
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /fÉ‘Ë(ɹ)/
- GenAm IPA: /fɑɹ/, /fɑ˞/
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(ɹ)
Origin
Old English feor. Cognate with Middle Low German vere.
Full definition of far
Adjective
far
- Remote in space.He went to a far country.
- Remote in time.
- Long.It was a far adventure, full of danger.
- More remote or longer of two.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 19, At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
- He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
- Extreme.We are on the far right on this issue.
- Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.
- F. AnsteyHe was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther.
- (computing, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.far heap; far memory; far pointer
Derived terms
Adverb
far
- Distant in space, time or degree.My house is quite far from the beach.The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher Chapter 1, It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick.
- to or from a great distance, time, or degree.You have all come far and you will go farther.
- (with a comparative) Very much.He was far richer than we'd thought.
- 2012, May 5, Phil McNulty, Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool, The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.