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Further   /fˈərðər/   Listen
Further

adjective
1.
More distant in especially degree.  Synonym: farther.  "Further from our expectations" , "Farther from the truth" , "Farther from our expectations"
adverb
1.
To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense).  Synonym: farther.  "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.
In addition or furthermore.  "Stated further that he would not cooperate with them" , "They are definitely coming; further, they should be here already"
3.
To or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense).  Synonym: farther.  "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"
verb
(past & past part. furthered; pres. part. furthering)
1.
Promote the growth of.  Synonym: foster.
2.
Contribute to the progress or growth of.  Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, promote.



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"Further" Quotes from Famous Books



... next was to send a solemn embassy to Rome, to acknowledge the fault of which their nation had been guilty, to offer to surrender Hasdrubal into their hands, as the principal author of the deed, and to ask what further ...
— Hannibal - Makers of History • Jacob Abbott
... after my "marriage," having been still further enlightened as to the manners and customs of the natives, I waited upon Gunda, and calmly made to him the proposition that we should exchange wives. This suggestion he received with a kind of subdued satisfaction, or holy joy, and ...
— The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont - as told by Himself • Louis de Rougemont
... laughing over what, I fear, may make you weep. On reflection, it seems to me that too much metal flowed into you mould. Therefore I shall wait until to-morrow before I disburse more money." The poor fellows swallowed my words and chewed the cud of them; then they went home without further argument. ...
— The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini • Benvenuto Cellini
... the individual who proposes to wear the shoe. If the bending should prove difficult it may be rendered an easy matter by the application of boiling water. Across the front part two strips of stout leather, or other tough hide, are then fastened, and these further secured together by three or four bands on each side of the middle, as ...
— Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making • William Hamilton Gibson
... thus—and he goes without repose—ever since he died: such money doth he pay in satisfaction, who is on earth too daring." And I, "If that spirit who awaits the verge of life ere he repents abides there below, and unless good prayer further him ascends not hither, ere as much time pass us he lived, how has this coining been granted unto him?" "When he was living most renowned," said he, "laying aside all shame, of his own accord he planted himself in the Campo of Siena,[9] and there, to draw his friend from the punishment he was ...
— The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory [Purgatorio] • Dante Alighieri


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