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fur·thest

(fûr′thĭst)

adj.A superlative of far

Most distant in degree, time, or space: That's the furthest thing from my mind. They explored the furthest reaches of space.

adv.A superlative of far

1. To the greatest extent or degree: went the furthest of all the children in her education.

2. At or to the most distant point in space or time: He swam the furthest.

[Middle English, from further, more distant; see further.]

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furthest

(ˈfɜːðɪst)

adv

1. to the greatest degree or extent

2. to or at the greatest distance in time or space; farthest

adj

most distant or remote in time or space; farthest

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far•thest

(ˈfɑr ðɪst)

adj. superl. of far with farther as compar.

1. most distant or remote.

2. most extended; longest.

adv. superl. offarwithfartheras compar.

3. at or to the greatest distance or most advanced point.

4. at or to the greatest degree or extent.

[1350–1400; Middle English ferthest; orig. variant of furthest]

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Adj.	1.	furthest - (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" farthermost, farthest, furthermost, uttermost, utmost comparative, comparative degree - the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" far - located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
Adv.	1.	furthest - to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us" farthest
	2.	furthest - 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"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest" farthest

furthest

farthest

adjective most distant, extreme, ultimate, remotest, outermost, uttermost, furthermost, outmost the furthest point from earth see farthest

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furthest

adjective

Most distant or remote, as from a center:

extreme, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, outermost, outmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost.

Translations

إلى أبعَد مَسافَه أو درجَه

nejdále

længstmest

legtávolabb

fjærst, lengst

lengst borte

najďalej

najdlje

en uzağa/ileriyeen uzakta/ileride

最大程度地最远地

furthest

[ˈfɜːðɪst]

A. ADV SUPERL of far

1. (in distance) → más lejos
who has the furthest to go home? → ¿quién es el que vive más lejos?
that's the furthest that anyone has gone → ése es el punto más lejano al que se ha llegado

2. (in progress) that was the furthest the club had ever gone → eso era lo máximo a lo que el club había llegado
Poland has taken these ideas furthest → Polonia ha sido el país que más ha desarrollado estas ideas

3. (= most) → más
prices have fallen furthest in the south of England → donde más han bajado los precios ha sido en el sur de Inglaterra

B. ADJ → más lejano
the furthest point → el punto más lejano
the seat furthest from the window → el asiento que más lejos está de la ventana
the furthest recesses of the mind → los recovecos más olvidados de la mente

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furthest

[ˈfɜː^rðɪst]

adv (in space) → le plus loin

(in time) → le plus loin

[progress, advance] → le plus; [fall] → le plus

adj (= most distant) [point, place] → le plus éloigné(la)(e)

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furthest

adv → am weitesten; these fields are furthest (away) from his farm → diese Felder liegen am weitesten von seinem Hof entfernt; this is the furthest north you can go → dies ist der nördlichste Punkt, den man erreichen kann; those who came furthest → die, die am weitesten gereist sind; it was the furthest the Irish team had ever got → so weit war die irische Mannschaft noch nie gekommen; here prices have fallen furthest → hier sind die Preise am meisten or stärksten gefallen; he went the furthest into this question → er drang am tiefsten in diese Frage ein

adj → am weitesten entfernt; the furthest of the three villages → das entfernteste von den drei Dörfern; in the furthest depths of the forest → in den tiefsten Tiefen des Waldes; 5 km at the furthest → höchstens 5 km; the furthest way round → der weiteste Weg herum; the furthest distance → die größte Entfernung; taken to the furthest extent (fig) → zum Äußersten getrieben; the furthest limits of endurance → die äußersten Grenzen des Durchhaltevermögens

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furthest

[ˈfɜːðɪst] superl of far

1. adv this is the furthest you can go → non puoi andare più lontano

2. adj → più lontano/a, più distante

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

further

(ˈfəːðə) adverb

(sometimes ˈfarther (ˈfaː-) ) at or to a great distance or degree. I cannot go any further.

adverb, adjective

more; in addition. I cannot explain further; There is no further news.

verb

to help (something) to proceed or go forward quickly. He furthered our plans.

ˌfurtherˈmore (-ˈmoː) adverb

in addition (to what has been said). Furthermore, I should like to point out.

ˈfurthest adverb

(also ˈfarthest (ˈfaː-) ) at or to the greatest distance or degree. Who lives furthest away?

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Rather do I advise you to neighbour- flight and to furthest love!

Higher than love to your neighbour is love to the furthest and future ones; higher still than love to men, is love to things and phantoms.

The furthest ones are they who pay for your love to the near ones; and when there are but five of you together, a sixth must always die.

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In fact, we see the whole of it except that furthest part, which is covered by the Welsh Marches and those parts which are hidden from where we stand by the high ground of the immediate west.

The furthest records or surmises or inferences simply accept it as existing.

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When in tall trees the dying moonbeams quiver: When floods of fire efface the Silver River, Then comes the hour when I must seek Lo-Yang beyond the furthest peak.

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From the furthest east to the furthest west the cries spread as if by contagion, accompanied in some cases by the barking of a dog.

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The islander, placing the larger stick obliquely against some object, with one end elevated at an angle of forty-five degrees, mounts astride of it like an urchin about to gallop off upon a cane, and then grasping the smaller one firmly in both hands, he rubs its pointed end slowly up and down the extent of a few inches on the principal suck, until at last he makes a narrow groove in the wood, with an abrupt termination at the point furthest from him, where all the dusty particles which the friction creates are accumulated in a little heap.

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There is a superstition in avoiding superstition, when men think to do best, if they go furthest from the superstition, formerly received; therefore care would be had that (as it fareth in ill purgings) the good be not taken away with the bad; which commonly is done, when the people is the reformer.

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"Your word will go the furthest, John," said the master, "for Sir Clifford adds in a postscript, `If I could find a man trained by your John I should like him better than any other;' so, James, lad, think it over, talk to your mother at dinner-time, and then let me know what you wish."

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The ocean, a part of Nature furthest removed in the unchangeableness and majesty of its might from the spirit of mankind, has ever been a friend to the enterprising nations of the earth.

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How much more so if the furthest portions of the army are anything under a hundred LI apart, and even the nearest are separated by several LI!