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Adjective further has 2 senses
- additional, further, more - existing or coming by way of addition; "an additional problem"; "further information"; "there will be further delays"; "took more time"
Antonym: subtracted (indirect, via added)
- 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"
Antonyms: near, close (indirect, via far)
Adverbial far has 5 senses
- 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"
- far - at or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
- 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?"
- far - remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
- far - to an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very far"
Verb further has 2 senses
- foster, further - promote the growth of; "Foster our children's well-being and education"
--1 is one way to promote, advance, boost, further, encourage
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- promote, advance, boost, further, encourage - contribute to the progress or growth of; "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
--2 is one way to support, back up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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