further
Meaning of further
verb
- To help forward; to assist.
- To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
Further the economy.
- (comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.
He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
- More, additional.
I have one further comment to make.
- (comparative form of far) To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
I can run further than you.
- (comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.
Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.
- Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.
- Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
- (in the phrase 'further to') Following on (from).
Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
Information about further
- The plural form of further is: furthers.
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Hyphenation of further
fur-ther
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- further is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
further synonyms
Meaning farther:
Meaning foster:
Meaning promote:
promote, advance, boost, encourage
Translation of further
- Italian: agevolare, promuovere, favorire, stimolare, caldeggiare, ulteriore, ancora, extra, supplementare
- French: encourager, re-, additionnel, supplémentaire
- Spanish: auspiciar, promover, estimular, impulsar, propiciar, además, más, suplementario
- Portuguese: explicar, ademais, mais
- German: fördern, außerdem, darüberhinaus, überdies, obendrein, zusätzlich, ferner, fernerhin, weiterhin, zudem, weiters, desweiteren
Words that rhyme with further
Bairnsfather, Cather, Fairweather, Father, Godfather, Heather, Mather, Prather, Rather, Starkweather, aqualeather, aweather, bather, befeather, belfather, bellweather, bequeather, blather, breakweather, breather, cofather, eldfather, father, feather, forefather, foregather, forgather, gather, gayfeather, godfather, grandfather, grather, gudefather, heather, housefather, inbreather, ingather, lather, leather, loather, mather, misfather, mouthbreather, nather, outbreather, overlather, overleather, overweather, pinfeather, pregather
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