further

further is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
fund - further - future
Category:BNC1 headwords

Pronunciation

Preposition

Preposition
further

Category:Prepositions
  1. When something is further away, it is at a longer distance.
    We walked further than we had planned.
    He lives further off in that direction.

Adjective

Positive
far

Comparative
farther

Superlative
farthest

Category:Adjectives

Positive
far

Comparative
further

Superlative
furthest

Category:Adjectives
  1. The comparative form of far; more far.Category:Comparative forms
  2. more; additional
    Some further problems have come up.

Synonyms

Verb

Plain form
further

Third-person singular
furthers

Past tense
furthered

Past participle
furthered

Present participle
furthering

Category:VerbsCategory:Regular verbs
  1. (transitive)Category:Transitive verbs When you further something, you encourage it to grow.
    Further the economy.
  2. When you further something, you support it to progress or grow.

Derived terms

Category:Prepositions with to-PP complements
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