5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Further \Fur"ther\, a. compar. [Positive wanting; superl. {Furthest}.] 1. More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See {Farther}. [1913 Webster] 2. Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest. [1913 Webster] Note: The forms further and farther are in general not differentiated by writers, but further is preferred by many when application to quantity or degree is implied. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Furthest \Fur"thest\, a. superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See {Further}, a. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Furthest \Fur"thest\, adv. At the greatest distance; farthest. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: furthest adj : (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" [syn: {farthermost}, {farthest}, {furthermost}, {utmost}, {uttermost}] adv 1: to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us" [syn: {farthest}] 2: to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest" [syn: {farthest}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 22 Moby Thesaurus words for "furthest": at the height, at the limit, extreme, far out, farthermost, farthest, farthest off, furthermost, greatest, most, most distant, outermost, outmost, radical, remotest, too much, ultimate, ultra, ultra-ultra, utmost, uttermost, way out
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