far

Definitions

1. adjective

   Distant in space.

   Examples

   • He went to a far land.
   • They came from a far country.
   ≈distant
2. adjective

   Distant in time.

   Examples

   • No one knows the far future.
   • Historians study events from the far past.
3. adjective

   Long in distance.

   Examples

   • It is a far walk from here to the village.
   • I have come a far piece already.
4. adjective

   The farther one of two.

   Examples

   • The gardener stood at the far end of the houses.
   • The ogre lives on the far mountain.
5. adjective

   At the extreme end, as in politics.

   Examples

   • They are on the far right on this issue.
   • He was withdrawn to a far degree.
6. adjective

   Very big, as a difference.

   Examples

   • There is a far difference between asking and urging.
   • Reason makes a far difference between man and stone.
7. adverb

   To or from a long distance.

   Examples

   • You have all come far and you will go further.
   • He traveled far into the future.
   ≈long
8. adverb

   By a large amount.

   Examples

   • He was far richer than we thought.
   • The cost far exceeds what I expected.
9. verb

   To send something far away, in rare use.

   Examples

   • I wish he had been sent far before he came here.
   • She wished the whole matter could be sent far away.
10. adjective

    In computing, outside the current memory segment.

    Examples

    • The program used far memory.
    • The program crashed after using a bad far pointer.