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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Most remote or distant.
  • adverb To or at the most distant or remote point.
  • adverb To or at the most advanced point or stage.
  • adverb By the greatest extent or degree.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Most distant or remote; furthest: as, the farthest degree.
  • Same as furthest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Most distant or remote. See furthest.
  • adverb At or to the greatest distance. See furthest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective superlative form of far: most far. Most distant in time, space or degree.
  • adverb superlative form of far: most far. To the greatest degree or extent, or to the most distant point in time or space.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
  • adjective (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
  • adverb to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English ferthest, superlative of farther; see farther.]

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