FARTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does farther mean? 

• FARTHER (adjective)
  The adjective FARTHER has 2 senses:

1. more distant in especially space or time

2. more distant in especially degree

  Familiarity information: FARTHER used as an adjective is rare.

• FARTHER (adverb)
  The adverb FARTHER has 2 senses:

1. to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense)

2. to or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense)

  Familiarity information: FARTHER used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FARTHER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

More distant in especially space or time

Context example:

they live in the farther house

Similar:

far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)

Sense 2

Meaning:

More distant in especially degree

Synonyms:

farther; further

Context example:

farther from our expectations

Similar:

far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)

• FARTHER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense)

Synonyms:

farther; further

Context example:

he is going no farther in his studies

Sense 2

Meaning:

To or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense)

Synonyms:

farther; further

Context example:

further in the future

 Context examples 

It was evident that the report concerning her had spread, and a short pause succeeded, which seemed to ensure that it would now spread farther.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

But when she had reached the middle, and heard the water rushing beneath her, she was after all, afraid, and stood still, and ventured no farther.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

We even traced them as far as Reading, but could get no farther, for they had covered their traces in a way that showed that they were very old hands.

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

Bessie and Abbot having retreated, Mrs. Reed, impatient of my now frantic anguish and wild sobs, abruptly thrust me back and locked me in, without farther parley.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The four travelers walked with ease through the trees until they came to the farther edge of the wood.

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

“Walk!” repeated Sir Thomas, in a tone of most unanswerable dignity, and coming farther into the room.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Scientists have known that microbes are important in the breakdown of rocks into soil, but this study goes a step farther, showing that microorganisms have different 'tastes' for rock type.

(Tales from the crypt: Life after death in a graveyard, National Science Foundation)

"Longer wavelengths of light are needed for bioimaging because they can penetrate farther into tissues than visible wavelength photons," said Northwestern's Teri Odom, who co-led the research.

(Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues, National Science Foundation)

Further application of the new method promises to reach farther back, one step and geologic record at a time.

(Deep-sea sediments lead to new understanding of solar system, National Science Foundation)

Although many stellar siblings may form together in tight clusters, stars are always moving, and as they grow older they tend to move farther and farther apart.

(Spitzer Studies a Stellar Playground With a Long History, NASA)