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further
Overview of verb further
The verb further has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (7) foster, further -- (promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education")
2. (2) promote, advance, boost, further, encourage -- (contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom")
Overview of adj further
The adj further has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) further, farther -- (more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations")
Overview of adv further
The adv further has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (33) further, farther -- (to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies")
2. (10) further -- (in addition or furthermore; "if we further suppose"; "stated further that he would not cooperate with them"; "they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already")
3. (1) farther, further -- (to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future")
Overview of adv far
The adv far has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (62) far -- (to a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together")
2. (39) far -- (at or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other")
3. (22) far -- (at or to a certain point or degree; "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?")
4. (3) far -- (remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past")
5. far -- (to an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very far")
Grep of noun further
furtherance
Antonyms of verb further
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb further
2 senses of further
Sense 1
foster, further
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb further
1 of 2 senses of further
Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> connive at, wink at
=> foster, further
=> spur
=> help
=> carry
=> feed
=> contribute, lead, conduce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb further
2 senses of further
Sense 1
foster, further
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
'Cause To' of verb further
Derived Forms of verb further
2 senses of further
Sense 1
foster, further
RELATED TO>(noun) furtherance#1
=> promotion, furtherance, advancement
Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
RELATED TO>(noun) furtherance#1
=> promotion, furtherance, advancement
Domain of verb further
Domain Terms of verb further
Familiarity of verb further
further used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb further
2 senses of further
Sense 1
foster, further
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb further
2 senses of further
Sense 1
foster, further
> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> connive at, wink at
=> foster, further
=> spur
=> help
=> carry
=> feed
=> contribute, lead, conduce
Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
> support, back up
=> sponsor
=> patronize, patronise, shop, shop at, buy at, frequent, sponsor
=> help, assist, aid
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> undergird
=> second, back, endorse, indorse
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb further
Sense 1
foster, further
=> promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
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Sense 2
promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
=> support, back up
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Grep of verb further
further
Antonyms of adj further
1 sense of further
Sense 1
further, farther
INDIRECT (VIA far) -> near, close, nigh
Similarity of adj further
1 sense of further
Sense 1
further, farther
=> far (vs. near)
Pertainyms of adj further
Attributes of adj further
Domain of adj further
Domain Terms of adj further
Familiarity of adj further
further used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj further
further
furthermost
Antonyms of adv further
Antonyms of adv far
Synonyms of adv further
3 senses of further
Sense 1
further, farther
Sense 2
further
Sense 3
farther, further
Synonyms of adv far
5 senses of far
Sense 1
far
Sense 2
far
Sense 3
far
Sense 4
far
Sense 5
far
Pertainyms of adv further
Pertainyms of adv far
Domain of adv further
Domain of adv far
Domain Terms of adv further
Domain Terms of adv far
Familiarity of adv further
further used as an adverb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Familiarity of adv far
far used as an adverb is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adv further
further
furthermore
Grep of adv far
afar
as far as possible
by far
far
far and away
far and near
far and wide
farcically
farther
farthest
in so far
insofar
not far
on the far side
so far
thus far
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