far
/fɑɹ/ adjective B2- Distant; remote in space. · He went to a far land.
- Remote in time. · the far far future
- Long.
- More remote of two. · See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.· He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.
- Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position. · They are on the far right on this issue.
- Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
- Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. · far heap; far memory; far pointer
Comparative farther · Superlative farthest
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“And one which will go far to efface the recollection of his father’s conduct,” added the incorrigible marquise.
Anne, starting out alone in the morning, went down Lover’s Lane as far as the brook.
Elizabeth thought this was going pretty far; and she listened with increasing astonishment as the housekeeper added, “I have never had a cross word from him in my life, and I have known him ever since he was four years old.”
I leave you to judge how far your nerves are calculated to bear you through such a scene.
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