farthest

  • 11farthest — 1 adverb at or to the greatest distance away : Who ran farthest? | farthest away/apart etc: She lived farthest away from school of all of us. 2 adjective the most distant: the farthest corners of the globe …

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  • 12farthest — 1. adjective the farthest island in the chain is uninhabited Syn: most distant, most remote, remotest, farthest away, furthest, furthest away, farthermost, furthermost; (most) outlying, (most) outer, outermost, extreme, uttermost, ultimate;… …

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  • 13Farthest — Far Far, a. [{Farther}and {Farthest}are used as the compar. and superl. of far, although they are corruptions arising from confusion with further and furthest. See {Further}.] [OE. fer, feor, AS. feor; akin to OS. fer, D. ver, OHG. ferro, adv., G …

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  • 14Farthest — Farther Far ther (f[aum]r [th][ e]r), a., compar. of {Far}. [superl. {Farthest} ( [th][e^]st). See {Further}.] [For farrer, OE. ferrer, compar. of far; confused with further. Cf. {Farthest}.] 1. More remote; more distant than something else.… …

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  • 15farthest — adj. Farthest is used with these nouns: ↑reach …

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  • 16farthest — Synonyms and related words: boundary, caudal, conclusive, definitive, determinative, endmost, eventual, extreme, farthermost, farthest off, final, furthermost, furthest, last, limiting, most distant, outermost, outmost, polar, remotest, tail,… …

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  • 17farthest — [[t]fɑ͟ː(r)ðɪst[/t]] Farthest is a superlative form of far …

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  • 18farthest — [ˈfɑːðɪst] adj, adv in or to a place that is most distant Sam had chosen to sit farthest away from the door.[/ex] …

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  • 19farthest — /ˈfaðəst / (say fahdhuhst) adjective (superlative of far) 1. most distant or remote. 2. longest. –adverb (superlative of far) 3. to or at the greatest distance. –phrase 4. the farthest reaches, the most remote regions. {Middle English ferthest,… …

  • 20Farthest South — (sometimes known as Furthest South) describes the most southerly latitude reached by explorers before the conquest of the South Pole rendered the expression obsolete. Significant early steps in the convergence towards the Pole were the discovery… …

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