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ADJECTIVE far COMPARATIVE further/farther SUPERLATIVE furthest/farthest
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Definitions in simple English

far

A long way. He got tired after walking so far. He lives too far from here to walk home. Not far from here, the rivers come together.

far

Distant. I saw her at the far side of the room.

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You use far before comparative adjectives to show that they are very strong. He's not just a little bit better; he's far better.

far

to a considerable degree; very much a far far better thing that I do felt far worse than yesterday eyes far too close together at or to or from a great distance in space he traveled far strayed far from home sat far away from each other at or to a certain point or degree I can only go so far before I have to give up how far can we get with this kind of argument? located at a great distance in time or space or degree we come from a far country far corners of the earth the far future a far journey the far side of the road far from the truth far in the future being of a considerable distance or length a far trek remote in time if we could see far into the future all that happened far in the past being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle the horse on the right is the far horse the right side is the far side of the horse to an advanced stage or point a young man who will go very far beyond a norm in opinion or actions the far right

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(= ALIR) a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists

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Simple sentences

I'll go with you as far as the bridge.
Fred went so far as to say that he had hated me.
How far is it from here to the sea?
Your speech was far from satisfactory.
I wouldn't go so far as to say your theory is completely wrong.
As far as I am concerned, I have no objection.
As far as I know, this is the best one.
I have been satisfied with my work so far.
He can do it far better than I can.
He practices playing the guitar far into the night.
Italy is far from Brazil.
How far away are we?
The cabin of that old trapper is not far away.
I want a boat that will take me far away from here.
I want a boat that'll take me far away from here.
Is it far from here?
It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem.
There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.
Only those who risk going too far will know how far one can go.
You're going too far.
You smoke far too much. You should cut back.
You had far better stay here.
Your answer is far from perfect.
I am far from pleased with your behavior.
Aren't you pushing it too far?
You went too far in your joke.
How far is it from your house to the park?
Your pitching is far superior to mine.

Movie subtitles

I'm shocked. I didn't think you'd go this far.
But why was the East so far ahead?
Between 1 405 and 1 424, admiral Zheng He's fleet ranged far and wide.
Some scholars speculate they reached as far as northern australia, the Cape of Good Hope and greenland, and all this was years before the European Age of exploration had so much as begun.
The Dutch weren't far behind, building up a hugely profitable trading company by following the spice route to Indonesia.
Well uh, how many have you baptized so far?
You have to be looking for that bacterium first, because that's gonna be far more common.
If a planet is in the Goldilocks Zone, it's not too close and not too far from its star.
By far, the most important discovery I've ever made was not the Titanic.
The key question is; how far down does the water persist beneath the surface and if you go far enough, is the pressure and temperature high enough that the water would be liquid, not in the form of ice?
Panspermia is not that far-fetched after all.
That's why I came this far, looking for her.
Was it just to find this out that I came this far?
That they must be very far away.
I was far from everything, elsewhere.
You don't need to go that far to find war.
Oh, the nerd apple doesn't fall far from the nerd tree.
He's only made it this far because you've been by his side.
But I've only made it this far because you were by mine.
When Dekaan pulls out the stops, we'll see how far you go.
The A.I. running the Savior tanks seemed to detect no threat as far as those capsules are concerned, but we can deal with that by reprogramming the settings.
How far do we have to run?
But then we did some digging, and there are far too many construction-related documents.
You're far too dependent on your flying.
Like the glow of a flashlight, it can only reach so far.
They're in far more danger fighting him.
Oh, I wouldn't go that far.
Far, far away.
How far are we going?
As far as anyone else knows now, you don't exist.
He can't be far.
I also didn't let you take it too far.
The reason for you to go this far.
Far too strong.
So far, we have.
And second of all, as far as the breaking goes, you have no idea of my intent to steal your prescription pad.
I have spent my whole life escaping to far-off places, and it's only recently, like, now, like, literally this second that I realize, like, I can't do that!
Whoever has it just turned it on. - Hey, that's not far from here.

News and current affairs

So, yes, there are solid fundamentals that arguably support today's higher gold price, although it is far more debatable whether and to what extent they will continue to support higher prices in the future.
Indeed, another critical fundamental factor that has been sustaining high gold prices might prove far more ephemeral than globalization.
Perhaps that is why mankind has so far managed to survive.
But the West's key features, democracy and the rule of law, have taken a far more severe battering at the hands of their defenders than by their attackers.
It is far from clear if he would have prevailed, given his lack of an independent political base, but his international prestige and standing might have given him a chance if he would have chosen to throw the gauntlet.
So far as we know, its leaders have kept their word.
The donors promised to double aid to Africa by 2010, but are still far off track.
Air safety is slightly different, because a crashing plane can kill people on the ground, but the greatest risks by far are borne by the passengers and crew.
But a single market does not require a single social or industrial policy, far less a common taxation policy.
The wayward Kuchma is far more deserving of Europe imposing safeguards to ensure his good behavior.
But it makes far more sense to use the force of markets - the power of incentives - than to rely on goodwill, especially when it comes to oil companies that regard their sole objective as maximizing profits, regardless of the cost to others.
Chaos theory in mathematics explains such dependency on remote and seemingly trivial initial conditions, and explains why even the extrapolation of apparently precise planetary motion becomes impossible when taken far enough into the future.
Weather forecasters cannot forecast far into the future, either, but at least they have precise mathematical models.
Scientists appear to know the mechanism that generates weather, even if it is inherently difficult to extrapolate very far.
We can only hope that, in the end, the consequences of 2009 similarly prove to be far less dramatic than we now - intuitively and in our historical reflexes - feel them to be.
The German operations naturally generate a surplus of funds (given that savings in Germany far exceed investment on average).
Fukushima has presented the world with a far-reaching, fundamental choice.
At a minimum, currency unions require a confederation with far more centralized power over taxation and other policies than European leaders envision for the eurozone.
At the same time, emerging-market central banks need to accumulate gold reserves, which they still hold in far lower proportion than do rich-country central banks.
It asks simple but powerful questions about how far individuals are inclined to trust those with whom they deal.