further

Alternative forms

 * farther (See also the usage notes below.)

Etymology
From, , from , , from , from (a common preposition), equivalent to  +  a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as, , , and, in altered form, in; or as sometimes stated, as. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To help forward; to assist.
 * 2)  To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
 * 1)  To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
 * 1)  To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 催進
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: fremme
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: akceli, pliprogresigi, antaŭenigi
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: prosperō
 * Malagasy: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:, ,


 * German:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,

Adjective

 * 1)  More distant; relatively distant.
 * See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.
 * He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
 * 1) More, additional.
 * I have one further comment to make.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَبْعَد,,أطولُ,إِضَافِيّ,,مَزِيد
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 更远的, 遠一點的
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: plua
 * Finnish: kauempi,
 * German: ,
 * Latin: ulterior
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,


 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: далейшы
 * Danish: yderligere
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: пода́льший

Adverb

 * 1)  To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
 * 2)  To a greater extent or degree.
 * Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.
 * I do not propose to discuss it any further. - Please, let me explain just a little further.
 * 1) Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
 * Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.
 * Don't confuse things further.
 * Further, affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
 * 1)  Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
 * It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
 * 1)   Following on (from).
 * Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
 * This example is further to the one on page 17.
 * 1)  Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
 * It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
 * 1)   Following on (from).
 * Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
 * This example is further to the one on page 17.
 * This example is further to the one on page 17.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ;,  ;
 * French:
 * Galician: alén
 * German:
 * Latin: porrō
 * Latvian: tuvāk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: mais distantemente, mais de longe
 * Romanian: mai departe
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: más lejos


 * Bulgarian: освен това
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: i tillæg til
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, , , , im Weiteren,
 * Italian:
 * Latvian: tuvāk
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: adicionalmente
 * Ukrainian: да́лі, крім того́, по́тім, додатко́во


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Bulgarian: по-далеч
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: længere væk
 * Finnish:
 * Latvian: tuvāk
 * Portuguese: mais longe/distante
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:


 * Arabic: كَذَلِكُمْ,فضلا عن ذلك,َيْضًا;,هَكَذَا,َ كَذَلك
 * Bulgarian: освен това
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: derudover
 * Finnish:, sen lisäksi
 * Galician:, adicionalmente
 * German:, , , , , darüberhinaus, , ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian: ,


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: derefter
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:, Vollziehung, , Fortführung
 * Portuguese:

Usage notes
In respect of general adjectival and adverbial use, some usage guides distinguish and, with farther referring to distance, and further referring to degree or time. Others, such as the OED, recommend farther as a comparative form of far and further for use when it is not comparative. However, most authorities consider the two interchangeable in most or all circumstances, and historically, they were not distinguished.

Farther is uncommon or old-fashioned in certain subsidiary senses, such as the adjectival sense of "more, additional" and the adverbial sense "moreover". It is virtually never used as a replacement for "further" in the phrase "further to".

As a verb, further greatly predominates over farther in modern English.