far-reachingadj.
/ˌfɑːˈriːtʃɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌfɑ(r)ˈritʃɪŋ/ That reaches far; extensive (literal and figurative); exerting an influence or producing an effect which extends far in space or time.
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the world > space > distance > [adjective] > far-reaching
longimanous1646
Atlantic1650
long-range1809
far-reaching1824
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale
largea1400
ample1437
farc1475
diffused?1570
spacious1589
extensive1605
wholesale1642
diffuse1644
extense1644
voluminousa1652
amplivagant1656
extentive1658
numerousa1661
extended1700
amplivagous1731
far-reaching1824
Homeric1841
large-scale1856
wholescale1910
wide-scale1925
big-scale1930
macroscopic1931
broadscale1958
1824 J. H. Newman To H. E. N. in Poems xii The dusky heath far-reaching.
1849 J. R. Lowell To W. L. Garrison 18 in Poet. Wks. (1891) 116 Rome's far-reaching bolts.
1860 Ruskin in Cornhill Mag. Sept. 284 That which seems to be wealth may be only the gilded index of far-reaching ruin.
1874 H. Sidgwick Methods of Ethics 245 A fundamental conflict of ideas, which appears more profound and far-reaching in its consequences the more we examine it.
1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 572/2 Geology formed a subject of..far-reaching importance.
1900 Daily News 1 Mar. 2/1 A number of far-reaching caves.
1913 J. G. Frazer Psyche's Task (ed. 2) 168 Such mental variations, with all their far-reaching train of social consequences.
1950 L. S. Thornton Revelation & Mod. World v. 149 This far-reaching continuity of revelation.
1971 Guardian Weekly 24 Apr. 5/1 The implications of the new controversy are far-reaching.
Derivatives
far-ˈreachingly adv.
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the world > space > distance > [adverb] > far-reachingly
far-reachinglyc1850
c1850 W. Bagehot To Rom. Catholic Church iii, in Coll. Wks. (1915) I. 12 With hand of power and thoughts of light, As Britain seas, far-reachingly.
1893 Harper's Mag. May 821 The most far-reachingly beneficial expression of this fostering policy.
far-ˈreachingness adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > [noun] > limit of distance or reach > far-reachingness
far-reachingness1901
the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > far-reaching consequences > quality of being
far-reachingness1901
1901 S. Butler in H. F. Jones Mem. (1919) I. 264 I was oppressed and scared by the far-reachingness and daring of what I had done.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1824