adjective / adverb
far
FAR/fɑːr/
At a great distance from a reference point.
The two settlements are far apart along a long, winding road.
Etymology
Old English feor already expressed great distance and could also mean “long ago.” The modern spatial meaning preserves this old idea of remoteness.
In context
running out and out to a horizon so far and so faint that you could not have said where the water ended and the sky began.
More examples
- We don't live far from the airport.
- She walks to the far end of the hallway.
- Their new house is farther from school than ours.
- Retirement still feels far in the future.
Forms
far · farther · farthest · further · furthest