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far-flung en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌfɑɹˈflʌŋ/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From far + flung (“thrown”), suggesting something which has been thrown a long distance away from oneself.

Meanings

  1. Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time.
    • Introduced in the 1960s, Motorail was successful at a time when long-distance travel by car was a time-consuming process because of a lack of motorways. Services, both during the day and at night, ran to such far-flung places on the map as Penzance, Fishguard, Inverness and Fort William. 2020 March 11, Daniel Puddicombe, “Analysis: Little Prospect of Bringing Back Motorail … for Now”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 32:
    • God of our fathers, known of old, / Lord of our far-flung battle-line, / […] / Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget! 1897 July 17, Rudyard Kipling, “[Service Songs] Recessional”, in The Five Nations, London: Methuen and Co. […], published September 1903, →OCLC, page 214:
  2. Widely distributed, wide-ranging, or widespread.
    • In her introductory essay, editor Carole Vance acknowledges the problem of women's status as an "understudied group." She invites both careful and far-flung conversation about sex and difference, and urges s to resist making generalizations based on an incomplete dialogue. 1985 February 2, Janice Irvine, Sue Hyde, “The Discourse and the Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 8:
    • In the spacious laboratories and offices […] are provided not only centralised chemical research facilities for the far-flung London area, but also accommodation for the national headquarters of the B.R. Chemical Services, […] 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: New B.R. Research Laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 328:
  3. Widely but sparsely distributed.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most far-flung Degree=Sup lexicographic
farther-flung Degree=Cmp lexicographic
furthest-flung Degree=Sup lexicographic
further-flung Degree=Cmp lexicographic
more far-flung Degree=Cmp lexicographic
farthest-flung Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

present · nigh · around the corner · immediate · near · close by · propinquitous · nearby · proximate · citerior · close

Deriveds

far-flungness

Synonyms

systemic · predominant · prevailing · remote · regnant · dispersed · far · outlying · faraway · universal · pervasive · ubiquitous · outlying · prevalent · widespread · ubiquitous · disseminated · extensive · common · far-flung · rife · scattered · common · far-flung · outlandish · spread out · distant · out of the way · far-off · far-off