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UK
/fˈɑːðəst/
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[ US /ˈfɑɹðəst/ ]
[ US /ˈfɑɹðəst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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(comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree
the utmost tip of the peninsula
explored the furthest reaches of space
had traveled to the farthest frontier
ADVERB
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to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
see who could jump the farthest
he swam the furthest
chose the farthest seat from the door -
to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
furthest removed from reality
she goes farthest in helping us
went the furthest of all the children in her education
How To Use farthest In A Sentence
- Lily pointed to the wall farthest from the window.
- The third route was possibly the best of all, for the St. Gotthard, the farthest east of three possible passes, was large enough to accommodate a whole army and its lines of communication. THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON
- Pluto is the farthest planet in the solar system.
- The discus was a round, flat piece of stone or metal, and the athletes tried to see who could throw it farthest. Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader
- The most important part of the interior of the temenos is the group of the three figures which are represented in relief on the inside face of the enclosure wall on the farthest part, opposite the doorway. Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]
- For his opening move — in which "Oh" would have been a feasible if less canonic alternative (fully licensed by the dictionary) — is a line that negotiates in process between the vocal base line of expressive oralilty, on the near hand, and, at expression's farthest reach, the vocative asymptote of natural communion with inanimate energy. Phonemanography: Romantic to Victorian
- There was a closet in the farthest corner and a door to a balcony.
- It is a sound reaching back to the farthest recesses of his throat, to an Etonian schooling in the late 1940s, and to classroom discipline as a Bo'ness Academy dominie in the late 1950s.
- What's the farthest you've ever run?
- The Son of Anak, otherwise Rufus the Blue-Eyed, and also plebeianly known as Tots, rioted with him from brier-rose path to farthest orchard, scalped him in the haymow with barbaric yells, and once, with pharisaic zeal, was near to crucifying him under the attic roof beams. Local Color
