what does further mean?
FURTHER as VERB
- Meaning
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- Foster our children’’s well-being and education
Hypernyms(s) further is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- contribute to the progress or growth of
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
Hypernyms(s) further is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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FURTHER as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- more distant in especially degree
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- nothing could be further from the truth
- further from our expectations
- farther from the truth
- farther from our expectations
Similar To
FURTHER as ADVERB
- Meaning
- to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther” is used more frequently than `further” in this physical sense)
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- farther north
- moved farther away
- farther down the corridor
- the practice may go back still farther to the Druids
- went onl
- 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)
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- further complicated by uncertainty about the future
- let’’s not discuss it further
- nothing could be further from the
- Meaning
- in addition or furthermore
- further, they should be here already”
Usage Example(s)
- if we further suppose
- stated further that he would not cooperate with them
- they are definitely coming
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