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as far as en · ADP

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, far, as.
    • as far as the next town
  2. (proscribed, qualifier:see usage note, sometimes) With respect to; as relates to.
    • As far as food—still no nausea or problems. 2004, Susan Maria Leach, Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery (non-fiction), HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 21:
    • As far as food, Courville had expected to have his pick of barbecue and beef jerky […] 2007 July 27, Jodi Rogstad, “The lure of the frontier echoes far”, in Wyoming Tribune Eagle:
    • As far as food, the fire department will have hot dogs and brats. 2007 July 28, “Stateline Area News in Brief”, in Beloit Daily News (Broadsheet):
    • As far as financing, there will be no problems.
    • "We put a lot of emphasis into the training of our staff, as far as food knowledge, wine knowledge," he said. 2007 August 5, Susan Frick Carlman, “Pasta and more”, in Naperville Sun:

Synonyms

as to

Translations (20)

fr aussi loin que (in the scope of) · nb så langt (som) (in the scope of) · hu ami …-t illet/illeti (in the scope of) · ga chomh fada is (in the scope of) · pt até (in the scope of) · eo ĝis (in the scope of) · ru поско́льку (in the scope of) · da såvidt (in the scope of) · fi niin pitkään kuin (in the scope of) · sv såvitt (in the scope of) · nl voorzover (in the scope of) · pl jeśli chodzi o (in the scope of) · la tenus (in the scope of) · cs pokud (in the scope of) · ru наско́лько (in the scope of) · de soweit (in the scope of) · grc μέχρι (in the scope of) · pl jeżeli chodzi o (in the scope of) · it per quanto (in the scope of) · nn så langt (som) (in the scope of)

as far as en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. To the degree or extent that.
    • I'll help you as far as I can.
    • As far as the financing is concerned, there will be no problems.
    • As far as the choice makes any difference, I prefer the second option.
    • as far as the eye can see
  2. (proscribed) Used without any completion, usually to imply "to the degree or extent that ... is/are concerned".
    • As far as the policies and procedures under which these companies operate, we keep a very close eye on that.

Deriveds

as far as one can tell · as far as one knows

Relateds

AFAICR · AFAIK · AFAICS · AFAIR · AFAICT

Synonyms

insofar as · so much as · regarding · so far as

Translations (9)

ang swā forþ swā (to the degree or extent that) · es hasta donde (to the degree or extent that) · de soviel (to the degree or extent that) · ang þæs þe (to the degree or extent that) · es tan lejos como (to the degree or extent that) · ru наско́лько (to the degree or extent that) · eo ĝis (to the degree or extent that) · pl tak długo, jak (to the degree or extent that) · uk наскі́льки (to the degree or extent that)