# far

Pronunciation: US say "FAHR" /fɑɹ/; UK say "FAH" /fɑː/

## Adverb

1. A long way, whether measured in distance, time, or degree.
   - Simple: A long way away, or over a long distance or time.
   - _The sound of the bells carried far across the valley._
   - _Historians trace the custom far back into the medieval period._
2. Very much; by a great amount or degree.
   - Simple: Very much, or by a very large amount.
   - _The repairs cost far more than the original estimate._
   - _Her second novel is far darker than her first._
7. Used to ask or say what a distance, range or point of progress is, without suggesting that it is large.
   - Simple: Used to ask or say how long a distance is or how much is done, big or small.
   - _The trail map shows how far each campsite is from the parking lot._
   - _Please read as far as the end of chapter six before Monday's seminar._

## Adjective

3. A long way off in space or time; of a journey, long.
   - Simple: A long way away, in place or in time.
   - _City planners have to make decisions today that will still shape people's lives in the far future._
   - _Sailors once told stories of far lands across the ocean._
4. Extreme in position or degree, as measured from a central or neutral point.
   - Simple: At the edge of a range, not near the middle.
   - _Commentators describe the senator as belonging to the far left of her party._
   - _Wolves still survive in the far north of the region._
5. Being the more distant of two; on the opposite side or end.
   - Simple: The one of two sides or ends that is not close to you.
   - _The keeper dived, but the shot curled inside the far post._
   - _Their cabin sits on the far bank of the river._
6. Of a difference or gap, very great, mainly in set phrases such as a far cry from and a far remove from.
   - Simple: Very great, said of a difference, as in a far cry from, meaning very different from.
   - _The finished film was a far cry from the director's original script._
   - _Life on the base proved a far remove from the recruits' expectations._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) In segmented memory architectures, lying outside the segment that is currently selected.
- (noun) Emmer, an ancient variety of wheat, especially as cultivated and used by the Romans.
- (noun) A litter of piglets borne by a sow at one time; a farrow.
- (verb) To send away to a distant place.

## Origin

English inherited this word from Middle English "ferre" or "fer," from Old English "feor" or "feorr," going back to Proto-Germanic "*ferrai."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/far (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).