FURTHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does further mean? 

• FURTHER (adjective)
  The adjective FURTHER has 1 sense:

1. more distant in especially degree

  Familiarity information: FURTHER used as an adjective is very rare.

• FURTHER (verb)
  The verb FURTHER has 2 senses:

1. promote the growth of

2. contribute to the progress or growth of

  Familiarity information: FURTHER used as a verb is rare.

• FURTHER (adverb)
  The adverb FURTHER has 3 senses:

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)

2. in addition or furthermore

3. to or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense)

  Familiarity information: FURTHER used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURTHER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

More distant in especially degree

Synonyms:

farther; further

Context example:

farther from our expectations

Similar:

far (located at a great distance in time or space or degree)

• FURTHER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they further    ... he / she / it furthers   
Past simple: furthered   
Past participle: furthered   
-ing form: furthering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Promote the growth of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

foster; further

Context example:

Foster our children's well-being and education

Hypernyms (to "further" is one way to...):

advance; boost; encourage; further; promote (contribute to the progress or growth of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

furtherance (encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Contribute to the progress or growth of

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

advance; boost; encourage; further; promote

Context example:

I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom

Hypernyms (to "further" is one way to...):

back up; support (give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "further"):

connive at; wink at (give one's silent approval to)

foster; further (promote the growth of)

spur (incite or stimulate)

help (contribute to the furtherance of)

carry (take further or advance)

feed (support or promote)

conduce; contribute; lead (be conducive to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

furtherance (encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something)

• FURTHER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense)

Synonyms:

farther; further

Context example:

he is going no farther in his studies

Sense 2

Meaning:

In addition or furthermore

Context example:

they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already

Sense 3

Meaning:

To or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense)

Synonyms:

farther; further

Context example:

further in the future

 Context examples 

Now there is one thing that I want to impress upon you before I go any further, Mr. Holmes.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A moment later our modest apartment, already so distinguished that morning, was further honoured by the entrance of the most lovely woman in London.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There are no further particulars, and the whole case is in your hands now—so far as it has been set forth in the public press.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Later, people will say that reaching that summit—the top—was easy for you, but you’ll know that nothing could be further from the truth.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In the evening she came to a cottage among the hills, and went in to rest, for her little feet would carry her no further.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The researchers are conducting further work to understand how omega-3s and other fatty acids in the diet might affect the risk of developing diabetes, obesity, cancers, and other conditions.

(Omega-3s linked with lower risk of fatal heart attacks, NIH)

But I forbear descanting further, and rather leave the judicious reader to his own remarks and application.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Martin made no further attempt at conversation, and for several blocks unbroken silence lay upon them.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He would not give me any further clue.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And further, the police had arranged in two or three places deposits of grub for dog and man, and he was travelling light.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)