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Far   /fɑr/   Listen
adverb
Far  adv.  
1.
To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are separated far from each other.
2.
To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as, he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
3.
In great part; as, the day is far spent.
4.
In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly. "Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."
As far as, to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as, under As.
Far off.
(a)
At a great distance, absolutely or relatively.
(b)
Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ."
Far other, different by a great degree; not the same; quite unlike.
Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a whole region.
Far and wide, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. "Far and wide his eye commands."
From far, from a great distance; from a remote place. Note: Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread.


adjective
Far  adj.  (farther and farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest)  
1.
Distant in any direction; not near; remote; mutually separated by a wide space or extent. "They said,... We be come from a far country." "The nations far and near contend in choice."
2.
Remote from purpose; contrary to design or wishes; as, far be it from me to justify cruelty.
3.
Remote in affection or obedience; at a distance, morally or spiritually; t enmity with; alienated. "They that are far from thee ahsll perish."
4.
Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character. "He was far from ill looking, though he thought himself still farther."
5.
The more distant of two; as, the far side (called also off side) of a horse, that is, the right side, or the one opposite to the rider when he mounts. Note: The distinction between the adjectival and adverbial use of far is sometimes not easily discriminated.
By far, by much; by a great difference.
Far between, with a long distance (of space or time) between; at long intervals. "The examinations are few and far between."


noun
Far  n.  (Zool.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.





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... monsoon, as far to leeward as the meridian of 125 degrees, would find an advantage in putting into Hanover Bay, and remaining there until the wind should veer round: by which they would avoid the necessity of beating ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King
... most honored! My passing soul seems in those words. O, may the Father of heaven bless with his almighty care her whose name will ever be the first and the last in the prayer of the far distant ...
— Thaddeus of Warsaw • Jane Porter
... inspired him to write certain deathless stanzas which, when fitted to the old tune of Anacreon in Heaven, his country accepted as its national anthem. In this exalted moment it was vouchsafed him to sound a trumpet call, clear and far-echoing, as did Rouget de Lisle when, with soul aflame, he wrote the Marseillaise for France. If it was the destiny of the War of 1812 to weld the nation as a union, the spirit of the consummation was expressed ...
— The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 - The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 • Ralph D. Paine
... not only to physical but also to mental condition. My mental condition was one of happiness. Louise was beautiful. Louise was kind, and the world was good and so was the champagne. But Nemesis was not far off. ...
— The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon • Jose Maria Gordon
... Lord Ravensworth's residence has been called Percy Cross, but no reason has been assigned for the alteration of name from Purser's Cross, which is mentioned as a point "on the Fulham road between Parson's Green and Walham Green," so far back as 1602, and at which we shall presently arrive. [Picture: View of Percy Cross] No connection whatever that I am aware of exists between the locality and the Percy family, and it only affords another, very recent local example of what has been as happily ...
— A Walk from London to Fulham • Thomas Crofton Croker


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