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Far

adverb

1.

To a considerable degree; very much. "Felt far worse than yesterday" , "Eyes far too close together"

2.

At or to or from a great distance in space. "Strayed far from home" , "Sat far away from each other"

3.

At or to a certain point or degree. "How far can we get with this kind of argument?"

4.

Remote in time. "All that happened far in the past"

5.

To an advanced stage or point.

adjective

(farther and farthest are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest)

1.

Located at a great distance in time or space or degree. "Far corners of the earth" , "The far future" , "A far journey" , "The far side of the road" , "Far from the truth" , "Far in the future" Antonym: near.

2.

Being of a considerable distance or length.

3.

Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle. "The right side is the far side of the horse"

4.

Beyond a norm in opinion or actions.

noun

1.

A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again. Synonyms: ALIR, Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe.

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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 ...

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... 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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