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further en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfəːvə/ th-fronting
• /ˈfəːðə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (UK) audio
• (US) audio
• /fɛːðə/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /feːðə/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
• fûr′thər
• /ˈfɜːðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/ (Canada, US)
• /fʌrðər/ (Scotland)
• /føːðə/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.
   • See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.
   • He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
2. (not-comparable) More, additional.
   • I have one further comment to make.
   • This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner. That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down. 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

Deriveds

without further ado · furtherhood · furtherness · furthermore · furthermost · with no further ado · further education · furtherdom · furtherward · no further action · nothing could be further from the truth · until further notice

Translations (36)

ru далёкий (more distant) · da længere (more distant) · de weiter (more distant) · ar آخَر (more distant) · es adicional (more, additional) · fr ultérieur (more, additional) · pl dalej (more distant) · ar أَبْعَد (more distant) · sv ytterligare (more, additional) · es añadido (more, additional) · es aditicio (more, additional) · es complementario (more, additional) · la ulterior (more distant) · eo plia (more, additional) · ru да́льний (more distant) · eo plua (more distant) · it ulteriore (more, additional) · uk пода́льший (more, additional) · es mayor (more, additional) · hy հետագա (more, additional) · fi kauempi (more distant) · hu további (more, additional) · ar أطولُ (more distant) · cmn 遠一點的 /远一点的 (more distant) · ar مَزِيد (more distant) · de ferner (more distant) · fi etäisempi (more distant) · cmn 更远的 (more distant) · es ulterior (more distant) · da yderligere (more, additional) · be далейшы (more, additional) · de weiter (more, additional) · ar أَقْصَى (more distant) · ar إِضَافِيّ (more distant) · es extra (more, additional) · ru дальне́йший (more, additional)

further en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈfəːvə/ th-fronting
• /ˈfəːðə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (UK) audio
• (US) audio
• /fɛːðə/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /feːðə/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
• fûr′thər
• /ˈfɜːðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/ (Canada, US)
• /fʌrðər/ (Scotland)
• /føːðə/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, qualifier:comparative form of far) To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
   • I can run further than you.
   • How was your company doing ten years further back?
   • “A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]” 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • I live a little further out of town.
2. (not-comparable, qualifier:comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.
   • I do not propose to discuss it any further. - Please, let me explain just a little further.
   • Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.
3. (not-comparable) Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
   • The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications. 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:
   • Don't confuse things further.
   • Further, affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
   • Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.
4. (conjunctive, not-comparable) Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
   • Further, besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position,[…]. 1924, Aristotle, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 6:
   • I claim further that he did not own the company but only worked there.
   • It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
5. (not-comparable, with to) Following on (from).
   • The Court notes that the applicant’s registration by the StB as their “agent” lies at the heart of the application. Although the Court has no jurisdiction ratione temporis to examine the registration as such, it observes that, further to his registration, the applicant was issued with a negative security clearance and his name and reputation were called into question. 2006 February 14, European Court of Human Rights, Turek v. Slovakia, number 57986/00, marginal 110:
   • This example is further to the one on page 17.
   • Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.

Forms

Deriveds

furthermore · seek-no-further

Relateds

far

Translations (49)

da længere (comparative of far) · es más lejos (comparative of far) · uk да́лі (in addition, even more) · lv tuvāk (comparative of far) · es más aún (in addition, even more) · bg освен това (in addition, even more) · pl dalej (comparative of far) · es acullá (comparative of far) · pl dalej (in addition, even more) · de zusätzlich (in addition, even more) · fr plus loin (comparative of far) · es seguir (in addition, even more) · af verder (comparative of far) · pt mais de longe (comparative of far) · de zudem (in addition, even more) · bg по-нататък (comparative of far) · de im Weiteren (in addition, even more) · gl alén (comparative of far) · es aún más (in addition, even more) · lv tuvāk (in addition, even more) · ro mai departe (comparative of far) · ru да́лее (in addition, even more) · fi kauempaa (comparative of far) · fi kauemmas (comparative of far) · da i tillæg til (in addition, even more) · pt mais distantemente (comparative of far) · ru кро́ме того́ (in addition, even more) · it ulteriormente (in addition, even more) · de ferner (in addition, even more) · uk по́тім (in addition, even more) · uk крім того́ (in addition, even more) · de überdies (in addition, even more) · fi kauempana (comparative of far) · es todavía más (in addition, even more) · de des Weiteren (in addition, even more) · fi edelleen (in addition, even more) · es aun más (in addition, even more) · ru да́льше (comparative of far) · fi kauemmaksi (comparative of far) · fi lisäksi (in addition, even more) · uk додатко́во (in addition, even more) · pt além disso (in addition, even more) · de weiter (comparative of far) · es adicionalmente (in addition, even more) · nl verder (comparative of far) · la porrō (comparative of far) · es ulteriormente (comparative of far) · es continuar (in addition, even more) · es incluso más (in addition, even more)

further en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈfəːvə/ th-fronting
• /ˈfəːðə/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• (UK) audio
• (US) audio
• /fɛːðə/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
• /feːðə/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
• fûr′thər
• /ˈfɜːðə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/ (Canada, US)
• /fʌrðər/ (Scotland)
• /føːðə/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To help forward; to assist.
   • In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor, In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen To further euerie action to the beſt. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
   • Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land." 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:
2. (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
   • Further the economy.
   • to further the peace process

Forms

Antonyms

hinder

Deriveds

furtherment · furtherly · furtherance · furthersome · furtherer

Translations (21)

it incoraggiare (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · fr encourager (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · pt desenvolver (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · ro încuraja (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · pt incentivar (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es incentivar (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es impulsar (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · it incentivare (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · bg подкрепям (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es desarrollar (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es fomentar (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es asistir (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · nl aanmoedigen (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es exhortar (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · cmn 催進 /催进 (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es promover (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es estimular (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · bg съдействам (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · pt estimular (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · es desenvolver (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote) · fi edistää (to encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote)