Meaning

7 senses
  1. Distant; remote in space.

    He went to a far land.

    fern, weit entfernt, weit weg

    далёкийdaljókij, да́льнийdálʹnij

    дале́кийdalékyj

  2. Remote in time.

    the far far future

  3. Long.

  4. 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.

  5. Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

    They are on the far right on this issue.

  6. Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

  7. (not comparable)Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

    far heap; far memory; far pointer

More definitions
  • located at a great distance in time or space or degree
  • being of a considerable distance or length
  • beyond a norm in opinion or actions
  • being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle

Examples

3905 sentences
  1. Is the bank far from here?

    Банк звідси далеко?

    ruБанк далеко отсюда?

    deIst die Bank weit von hier?

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  2. How far is it from here?

    А це далеко звідси?

    ruЭто далеко отсюда?

    deWie weit ist es von hier?

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  3. Is your school far from here?

    Твоя школа звідси далеко?

    ruТвоя школа отсюда далеко?

    deIst deine Schule weit von hier?

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  4. I don't live far from here.

    Я живу неподалік.

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  5. The beach isn't far from here.

    Пляж звідси недалеко.

    ruПляж отсюда недалеко.

    deDer Strand liegt hier ganz in der Nähe.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
remote in space:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
remote in space:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *fe

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

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Forms

farther/further, farthest/furthest/farthermost/furthermost
Comparativefarther / further Lesson
Superlativefarthest / furthest / farthermost / furthermost Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
remote in space:distantB1

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

49 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as far as
  • far from here
  • too far from
  • not too far
  • how far is
  • far away
  • isn't far from
  • not far from
  • by far the
  • is by far
  • too far away
  • far away from

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
far — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto