Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Most distant in degree, time, or space.
- adverb To the greatest extent or degree.
- adverb At or to the most distant point in space or time.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Superlative of far.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See
further , a. - adverb At the greatest distance; farthest.
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- adjective
superlative form offar : mostfar . Asynonym offarthest .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
- adjective (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
- adverb to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Brydon placed Shevyn on a cushioned settee in the antechamber furthest from the door.
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Atto hovers at the end of the bar furthest from the dance floor.
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After being wrong on WMD's, Nukes and Al Queda links to Iraq – all of which were found to be wrong and furthest from the truth.
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Atto hovers at the end of the bar furthest from the dance floor.
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Being a success in terms of sales has more to do with those furthest from the creative endeavor.
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Being a success in terms of sales has more to do with those furthest from the creative endeavor.
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The fire will be positioned in the corner furthest from the stairs, so all the heat on its way up will have to pass over me.
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The lousiest and most ignorant commentary is to be found from those who are furthest from the day to day issues facing Israelis, inhabiting think tanks where the last thing they do is serious and honest thinking. bitterpill8
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The heathland (vera) which forms a narrow ecotone between the dunes and the marsh and also covers the land furthest from the Guadalquiver, is a series of low ridges and hollows.
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Neither at St. Katharinenthal nor at Unterlinden do we know the exact location of such a room, but generally these activities took place in the west range of the cloister, furthest from the choir and chapterhouse. 108 The Sister-Books make reference to the werkhaus, werkhuss, or werkgaden.
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