further
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
further (furthers, present participle furthering; past and past participle furthered)
- (transitive) To help forward; to assist.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:
- Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land."
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:
- (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
- Further the economy.
- to further the peace process
- Portuguese: desenvolver, incentivar, estimular
further (not comparable)
- (comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.
- See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.
- He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
- More, additional.
- I have one further comment to make.
further (not comparable)
- (comparative form of far) To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
- I can run further than you.
- I live a little further out of town.
- (comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.
- Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.
- Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
- Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.
- Don't confuse things further.
- Further, affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
- (conjunctive) Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
- It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
- 1924, Aristotle, W. D. Ross (translator), Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 6,
- Further, besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position, […] .
- (in the phrase 'further to') Following on (from).
- Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
- This example is further to the one on page 17.
- French: plus loin
- German: förder, fürder, weiter
- Portuguese: mais distantemente, mais de longe
- Russian: да́льше
- Spanish: más lejos
- German: des Weiteren, zusätzlich, ferner, zudem, im Weiteren, überdies
- Italian: ulteriormente
- Portuguese: além disso
- Russian: да́лее
- Spanish: adicionalmente
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