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further
- /ˈfɜːðə/ UK
- /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/ Canada, US
- /ˈfəːðə/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈfəːvə/
- /fʌrðər/ Scotland
- /føːðə/ New Zealand
- /feːðə/
- /fɛːðə/
Sounds like fervor (th-fronting, fern–fir–fur merger) · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ðə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).
verb furthers · furthering · furthered · farther
- To help forward; to assist. In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor, In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen To further euerie action to the beſt.
- To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote. Further the economy.
adjective farther
- More distant; relatively distant. See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.
- More, additional. I have one further comment to make.
adverb farther
- To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent. I can run further than you.
- 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.
- Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover. It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
- Following on (from). Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
