FAR (farther, further)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: farther    , further   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does FAR mean? 

• FAR (noun)
  The noun FAR has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again

  Familiarity information: FAR used as a noun is very rare.

• FAR (adjective)
  The adjective FAR has 4 senses:

1. located at a great distance in time or space or degree

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

4. beyond a norm in opinion or actions

  Familiarity information: FAR used as an adjective is uncommon.

• FAR (adverb)
  The adverb FAR has 5 senses:

1. to a considerable degree; very much

2. at or to or from a great distance in space

3. at or to a certain point or degree

4. remote in time

5. to an advanced stage or point

  Familiarity information: FAR used as an adverb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

ALIR; Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; FAR; Former Armed Forces; Interahamwe

Context example:

in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)

• FAR (adjective)

Comparative: farther    / further   
Superlative: farthest    / furthest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located at a great distance in time or space or degree

Context example:

far in the future

Similar:

cold (of a seeker; far from the object sought)

distant; remote (located far away spatially)

distant; remote; removed (separate or apart in time)

far-off; faraway (very far away in space or time)

farther (more distant in especially space or time)

farthermost; farthest; furthermost; furthest; utmost; uttermost ((comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order)

farther; further (more distant in especially degree)

off the beaten track; out-of-the-way; out of the way (remote from populous or much-traveled regions)

outlying (relatively far from a center or middle)

Attribute:

distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)

Antonym:

near (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances)

Derivation:

farness (the property of being remote)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Being of a considerable distance or length

Context example:

a far trek

Similar:

long (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified)

Derivation:

farness (the property of being remote)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle

Context example:

the right side is the far side of the horse

Similar:

right (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Beyond a norm in opinion or actions

Context example:

the far right

Similar:

immoderate (beyond reasonable limits)

• FAR (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To a considerable degree; very much

Context example:

eyes far too close together

Sense 2

Meaning:

At or to or from a great distance in space

Context example:

sat far away from each other

Sense 3

Meaning:

At or to a certain point or degree

Context example:

how far can we get with this kind of argument?

Sense 4

Meaning:

Remote in time

Context example:

all that happened far in the past

Sense 5

Meaning:

To an advanced stage or point

Context example:

a young man who will go very far

 Context examples 

But it did not lead very far.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

No, he never exchanged a word with him, so far as I know.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley's attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

And yet I need not tell you that my mind was far from at ease, and that I was well-nigh certain that some foul plot had been woven round him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you travel this weekend, be sure you have someone you trust in charge who can help if you are too far away.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

From the far north they heard a low wail of the wind, and Uncle Henry and Dorothy could see where the long grass bowed in waves before the coming storm.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Ruth Morse seemed farther removed than ever.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Our journey was somewhat farther than from London to St. Alban’s.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They scattered far and wide over the country, and it was not till a week later that the last of the survivors gathered together in a lower valley and counted their losses.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)