further1 adverbfurther2 adjectivefurther3 verb
furtherfur‧ther1 /ˈfɜːðə $ ˈfɜːrðər/ ●●● S1 W1 adverb 
WORD ORIGINfurther1
Origin:
Old English furthor; related to forthEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It is possible to make good movies cheaply. Further, "low-budget" doesn't have to mean "bad."
- Moving to a new location further hurt Tanya's business.
- The cheese's flavor and texture may be further improved during the aging period.
- They've never been further south than San Diego.
- At Buitoni we go even further and blend a full five eggs - quality controlled and fully pasteurised - into each kilo.
- He declined to discuss the robbery further.
- How much further would Fen decide to travel?
- It further investigates the impact of these changes on management culture and employee relations in a number of privatized companies.
- Mortality appears to be higher, though officials are reluctant to put a number to it until they investigate further.
- The Soviet Union tested its own hydrogen bomb within a year, and the nuclear arms race escalated further.
THESAURUS
in addition to an amount or number: · Can I have some more coffee?· I have one more question.· It only costs a few dollars more.
[only before noun] formal as well as the ones that you have already mentioned: · She will remain in hospital for further tests.· They waited for a further two hours.
formal in addition to the main part of something: · Supplementary information is available on request.· a supplementary question· supplementary income
in addition to the usual or standard cost, time, amount etc: · They let the kids stay up an extra hour.· Some stores charge extra for delivery.· Postage is extra.
[only before noun] more than the basic amount or the amount that you expected or agreed. Additional is more formal than extra: · An evening job would provide additional income.· There may be an additional charge for paying bills by credit card.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Whaling in Australia was stopped. But the Australian government went further (=said or did something more extreme) and proposed a global ban. Marcus sank further and further into debt. The police do not propose to take the matter further. Critics want the government to take this a stage further and ban the film altogether. It might be a sign, much further down the road (=in the future), of a change in policy.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES students who come from further afield Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates. To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language. Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions). We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens. How much longer do we have to wait? How much further is it? For further particulars, contact the College secretary. the further reaches of the jungle There’s a list of further reading (=other things you can read) at the end of each chapter. If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
Whaling in Australia was stopped. But the Australian government went further (=said or did something more extreme) and proposed a global ban. Marcus sank further and further into debt. The police do not propose to take the matter further. Critics want the government to take this a stage further and ban the film altogether. It might be a sign, much further down the road (=in the future), of a change in policy.· There were further accusations of incompetence.
· No further action is necessary.
students who come from further afield Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates. (=help them to progress or be successful)· The group is prepared to use violence to further its political aims.
· A further announcement will be made in the near future.
(=help to achieve an aim)· He did much to advance the cause of freedom.
(=an additional clue)· They searched the surrounding area for further clues.
To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language.· They refused any further concessions in the argument over agricultural exports.
· The meeting was adjourned to allow time for further consideration.
· It is recommended that further consultation should take place.
· Check our website for more details.
· Movies soon had the added dimension of sound.
· It’s a very small garden and it has the further disadvantage of facing north.
(=at a college or university)· I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
(=extra or additional)· His resignation should save the government any further embarrassment.
(=a more detailed or careful examination)· The results of the experiment merit further examination.
· Investors think the hotel chain is ripe for further expansion.
(=additional reasons)· He gave no further explanation for leaving, and she did not ask for any.
(=more improvement)· We feel there is room for further improvement.
· For more information, visit our website.
Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions). We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens. How much longer do we have to wait? How much further is it? (=from now until you are told something else)· On the door was a sign: ‘Library closed until further notice’.
For further particulars, contact the College secretary. (=additional proof)· He showed his driving licence as further proof of his identity.
the further reaches of the jungle There’s a list of further reading (=other things you can read) at the end of each chapter.· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
· Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
· We then took the experiment a stage further.
If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.· I think we are looking a bit further forward.· Lampard inched the car further forward.· She was still no further forward.· An Institute working party is currently re-examining the issue with a view to moving the arguments further forward.· I am finding that when I get the ball further forward in my stance it helps.· Complications were growing and she was no further forward with her task.· Sony's is perfectly good, but the voices are further forward and the orchestra has a less sumptuous bloom.· It is important to think of the high wind straps as being completely independent of the straps further forward.
VERB· Re-melting and alloying further complicate the situation.· And the situation was further complicated when Stewart requested that Bell buy out his share in Stax with cash.· The picture is further complicated when judgement is involved using a set of criteria or rating scales.· This is further complicated by the above-mentioned color changes that occur with growth.· The situation is further complicated by recent and impending institutional mergers.· Training is further complicated by the nearly continual turnover in crews.· The question of sexuality further complicates racialized encounters, such as racial harassment and violence.· The action of a traditional epic poem is further complicated in that it deals with the relation of human beings to gods.
· The authorities could not allow this to develop further.· This will be developed further in a later section which describes the binomial and Black-Scholes option pricing models.· This further develops and maintains the lining of the womb for a possible pregnancy.· But I really do feel that until my technique develops further I must stay here.· During the year, Mortgage Asset Management Limited has been further developed and now has a portfolio totalling £74 million.· Von Braun was asked to further develop the Redstone to carry out these tests.· This theme will be developed further in the next chapter.· Both of these courses will be developed further in the autumn, as will all the above.
· The matter has been further discussed in the two Special Commissions which have reviewed the operation of the Hague Convention.· The company would not discuss further the portion of its business that would be affected.· This issue will be discussed further in Chapter 5 where the predictions of schema theory in relation to memory for driving are considered.· The concept of adaptation has major implications for educational practice and will be discussed further.· These theorems, due to Gold, will be discussed further in Chapter 8.· The grading of food for quality was discussed in Chapter 10, it will be discussed further in Chapters 10 through 16.· This whole controversial issue is discussed further in Chapter 7.· They will not be discussed further in this book.
· We've further enhanced speed by adding 32K of CompuAdd engineered cache memory.· The Secretary General is requested to make a study on how participation of NGOs can be further enhanced.· If Cadbury buys Orangina, as appears likely, its position will be further enhanced.· The sanctuary was further enhanced by a mysterious and delightful flower-like odor which proceeded from the coffin.· Any biological data that are available must therefore further enhance our understanding.· We will further enhance its role as an instrument for the integration of these States in resolving security problems.· The market is further enhanced by live performers who act out the varied timeless arts.· The pleasure of this story was further enhanced by an incident that took place a few weeks later.
· Most thought there would be further falls this week.· Stock and bond markets, already weak, fell further after the pessimistic comments were carried on news wires.· Unless the North intervenes to equalise the situation, the South will fall further behind.· The selection available on lots for immediate delivery will dwindle as the delivery of replacements falls further and further behind.· But inflation should fall further over the medium-term.· There may be speculation that wholesale prices will fall further, he said.· Bann fell further behind after 28 minutes when Morris connected to a Stephen Smyrl cross and squeezed the ball home.· It fell further to about $ 45. 50 a share in after-hours trading.
· He had gone further and had suggested that he had actually caught the disease from her.· He went further before he was done.· Yet the new antisemitism went further.· Hawaii and Rhode Island go further, mandating that agency fees be charged to teachers.· Why didn't they last when Edward tried to go further, she wondered?· You want me to go further on the record with that?· But we must go further and when men speak of dark skies, we must think of our own bright interior skies.· You could go further, and say that New York is a jungle.
· At present there are no plans to reduce further the grants budget in the future.· The introduction of numerator dynamics would further reduce the value of n needed to produce dynamical behavior.· In addition eight nuclear power stations are planned to reduce further the need for oil fired stations.· Anderson said Apple has plans to further reduce its expenses but he declined to provide details.· Big business has further reduced its contributions by ingenious tax avoidance strategies.· If stocks need to be further reduced because of storage limitations, continue cooking at a gentle simmer.· Waxing the skis helps them to slide better and some slopes have a lubrication system which further reduces friction.· You can further reduce the boxy look of the tank by disguising the inside back corners with decor material.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► nothing could be/is further from somebody’s mind/thoughts► something must not go any further► further to somethingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► nothing could be further from the truth
1more more, or to a greater degree: - A lot of people think soufflés are hard to make. Nothing could be further from the truth.
- They say he is a spy, but nothing could be further from the truth.
- We take it further than just explaining drug abuse and saying "Don't do it."
- And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
- Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.
- Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.
- The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
- The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.
- Then, without more ado, he loaded the horses into the trailer.
- Then, without more ado, he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
- As his main hobby is sailing. and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg.
- But they have travelled as far afield as Belfast and Aberdeen.
- His success extends even further afield to victories at the Barbican in London.
- Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
- The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.
- To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.
- You would probably peep out first, start looking round close to the spaceship and then start going further afield.
- The talks are no further forward than they were two weeks ago.
- Complications were growing and she was no further forward with her task.
- She was still no further forward.
- We're no further forward with either.
- For a typical candidate, one need look no further than Keith Hill, bidding to take Streatham from the Tories.
- For evidence, look no further than the campaign trail.
- If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
- In fact, I needed to look no further than the ground below me.
- Often they decide they like the idea of running one particular business and they look no further.
- Or need I look no further than the old man's unspoken mistrust of my intentions?
- You need look no further than last weekend for examples, when Kentucky and Kansas both lost their final games.
- You need look no further than Plautus himself.
- A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
- All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
- Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
- An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
- Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
- Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
- His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
- Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
- And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
- But the consumer could benefit still further.
- Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
- His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
- I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
- Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
- The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
A spokesman declined to comment until the evidence could be studied further. The flavour of the wine is further improved during the aging period. Whaling in Australia was stopped. But the Australian government went further (=said or did something more extreme) and proposed a global ban.further into/away etc Marcus sank further and further into debt.► see thesaurus at more2take something further to take action at a more serious or higher level, especially in order to get the result you want: The police do not propose to take the matter further.take something a stage/step further Critics want the government to take this a stage further and ban the film altogether.3distance (also farther) a greater distance, or beyond a particular place: They walked a little further.further up/away/along etc His farm is located further away from Riobamba than his brother’s. His hands moved further down her back. They’ve never been further south than San Diego.4time into the past or the futurefurther back/on/ahead etc Five years further on, a cure has still not been found. The records don’t go any further back than 1960. It might be a sign, much further down the road (=in the future), of a change in policy.5in addition [sentence adverb] formal used to introduce something additional that you want to talk about SYN furthermore: Butter sales have fallen because margarine has improved in flavor. Further, butter consumption has decreased because of links to heart disease.6further to something written formal used in letters to mention a previous letter, conversation etc about the same matter SYN following: Further to your letter of February 5th, we can confirm your order.7nothing could be further from the truth used when you want to say that something is completely untrue: People often described him as a bitter academic, but nothing could be further from the truth.8nothing could be/is further from somebody’s mind/thoughts used to emphasize that someone is not thinking about or intending something9something must not go any further used to say that something you are telling someone is secret or privatefurther1 adverbfurther2 adjectivefurther3 verb
furtherfurther2 ●●○ adjective [only before noun] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- For further information, contact the help line.
- For further information, travelers may contact the consulate.
- Strike action will continue for a further 24 hours.
- The doctors are keeping her in hospital to do further tests.
- A further set of issues contributing significantly to globalization concerns the environment.
- An extra half-mile in the Tom Masson Hurdle will see further improvement, and he will be hard to beat.
- Any possibility of further reductions in respite care should be strenuously resisted.
- He wanted to roll on to his back and float, no further effort.
- However, I would certainly not want to give a commitment about a further debate.
- It has one further surprise for us!
THESAURUS
in addition to an amount or number: · Can I have some more coffee?· I have one more question.· It only costs a few dollars more.
[only before noun] formal as well as the ones that you have already mentioned: · She will remain in hospital for further tests.· They waited for a further two hours.
formal in addition to the main part of something: · Supplementary information is available on request.· a supplementary question· supplementary income
in addition to the usual or standard cost, time, amount etc: · They let the kids stay up an extra hour.· Some stores charge extra for delivery.· Postage is extra.
[only before noun] more than the basic amount or the amount that you expected or agreed. Additional is more formal than extra: · An evening job would provide additional income.· There may be an additional charge for paying bills by credit card.
Longman Language Activatormore of the same thing, or another one of the same things more of the same thing: · I gave him $200 last week, and he's already asking for more.· There were more riots in the capital last night when protestors clashed with police.more of: · Those interested in seeing more of the sculptor's work can visit the Sacre Monte museum.three more/100 more etc: · Some of the students arrived today, and about 20 more will be here tomorrow.· I might buy a couple more of those scarves.some more/any more/no more: · Is there any more beer in the fridge?· Why don't you go upstairs and do some more homework?· Officials are satisfied that no more bodies are buried in the ruins.a few more: · Can you give me a few more minutes?one more (=the last of several): · I'll just have one more drink before I go.a bit moreBritish /a little (bit) more American: · Sally read a bit more of her book to keep her mind off things.
one more thing, person, or amount of the same kind: · Would you like another drink?· Look, your glass is cracked. I'll get you another.another of: · Still to come on Channel West, another of our special reports from Florida.another ten minutes/five miles/two gallons etc: · Add the pasta and heat the soup for another ten minutes.· For another 80 bucks, you could have a wide-screen TV with Internet access.another one: · Pass me another one of those folders.
more of something, in addition to the usual or standard amount or number: · Residents may use the hotel swimming pool at no extra charge.extra ten minutes/three pounds/four gallons etc: · You get an extra 5% discount if you buy your software on-line.· The voting booths stayed open for an extra two hours in some states.be/cost/charge etc extra (=to be, cost, charge etc extra money): · Dinner costs $15, but wine is extra.· Most small providers offer their customers free Web space, but larger providers often charge extra.
more than the amount or number that was agreed or expected at the beginning of something: · Our own car broke down, so we had the additional expense of renting a car.an additional £10/10 miles/10 minutes etc: · Judge Mathes sentenced her first to a year and later to an additional three months in jail for contempt.
formal more, in addition to what there is already or what has happened already: · The doctors are keeping her in hospital to do further tests.· For further information, contact the help line.a further £10/10 miles/10 minutes etc: · Strike action will continue for a further 24 hours.
: added advantage/benefit/protection etc another advantage or more of something that makes something better or more effective: · The new computer is as good as the old one, with the added advantage of being smaller.· Buy a high-factor sun lotion, and wear a hat for added protection.
a spare tyre, key, room etc is one that you have in addition to the ones you normally use, so that it is available if another one is needed: · We carried Ros upstairs and laid her on the spare bed.· Pauline keeps a spare key hanging in the closet upstairs.
provided in addition to what already exists, in order to help people or improve something: · Some supplementary finance is available in the form of grants or loans.· The Investment Business Gazettes offer very useful supplementary information.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY We have decided to take no further action. Visit our website for further details. Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES students who come from further afield Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates. To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language. Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions). We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens. How much longer do we have to wait? How much further is it? For further particulars, contact the College secretary. the further reaches of the jungle There’s a list of further reading (=other things you can read) at the end of each chapter. If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
We have decided to take no further action. Visit our website for further details. Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.· There were further accusations of incompetence.
· No further action is necessary.
students who come from further afield Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates. (=help them to progress or be successful)· The group is prepared to use violence to further its political aims.
· A further announcement will be made in the near future.
(=help to achieve an aim)· He did much to advance the cause of freedom.
(=an additional clue)· They searched the surrounding area for further clues.
To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language.· They refused any further concessions in the argument over agricultural exports.
· The meeting was adjourned to allow time for further consideration.
· It is recommended that further consultation should take place.
· Check our website for more details.
· Movies soon had the added dimension of sound.
· It’s a very small garden and it has the further disadvantage of facing north.
(=at a college or university)· I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
(=extra or additional)· His resignation should save the government any further embarrassment.
(=a more detailed or careful examination)· The results of the experiment merit further examination.
· Investors think the hotel chain is ripe for further expansion.
(=additional reasons)· He gave no further explanation for leaving, and she did not ask for any.
(=more improvement)· We feel there is room for further improvement.
· For more information, visit our website.
Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions). We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens. How much longer do we have to wait? How much further is it? (=from now until you are told something else)· On the door was a sign: ‘Library closed until further notice’.
For further particulars, contact the College secretary. (=additional proof)· He showed his driving licence as further proof of his identity.
the further reaches of the jungle There’s a list of further reading (=other things you can read) at the end of each chapter.· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
· Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
· We then took the experiment a stage further.
If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.· The allegations were serious, and it had not been supposed that the children would be allowed home with no further action.· No further action is planned by them at the moment.· I agree that further action needs to be taken.· On Dec. 10 the Serious Fraud Office confirmed that it would not be taking further action.· An action committee over 20 strong was elected at the meeting to decide further action.· It has not responded and further action may be required.· Nevertheless they constitute the basis and conditions for further actions and history.· The question then is to decide on the basis of observation whether further action is appropriate.
· He entered her without further ado.· Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.· The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.· Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.· The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.· Without further ado Corbett, Selkirk and their small party returned to their own vessel.· Without further ado, I set to work.· He would bar them without further ado.
· There can be no further arguments about gaps or overlaps.· Your contribution may well resolve some of this difference or create more conflicting points for further argument.· One further argument is used by defenders of the statusquo.· The taxpayers indicated that they wished to present further argument on these points.· Before parting with the case, we should refer to a further argument mounted by Mr. Thornton.· After further argument and discussion, an Act was passed to amend the 1959 Mental Health Act.· She could find no further arguments or resistance.· For journalists, two further arguments are important.
· It is important enough to justify further comment.· Anyway, I felt something welling up inside, the need to make a further comment.· Feelings are said to be part of the armamentarium of autonomous man, and some further comment is in order.· Thursday said it had received a request for information, but declined further comment.· Last week, the big three held a press conference, vowing eternal friendship and no further comment.· Both he and Rouse executives declined further comment.· Maybelline spokesman Gene Donati said the company is reviewing the letter and has no further comment.· The companies said they will make no further comment until talks are concluded.
· The patient was treated medically and released without further consideration of potential zoonotic disease.· A further consideration, however, is that the safety of each person affects other persons as well.· A further consideration which has bearing on field relationships is the extent of participation on the part of the researcher.· Two forms of giving for the health and safety of other persons deserve further consideration.· Nevertheless, the story merits further consideration, as other evidence can be connected with it.· Dan leads them through a brainstorming session during which they list these on the board for further consideration.· Pavlov backed down and the Supreme Soviet voted to refer the proposal for wider Cabinet powers to Gorbachev for further consideration.· The matter was therefore referred back to the Standing Committee for further consideration.
· They were allowed to board without further delay.· At the hearing, university officials agreed to register him without further delay.· There can be no possible excuse for any further delay.· However, Rodman said the state only agreed to the clean-up plan to avoid further delays.· But further delay could be dangerous.· A deputation of Confederates had come to demand that he and his men evacuate the fort without further delay.· A further delay before I am on my feet and, in fact, it is now tomorrow.· The doctor awoke an hour before he arrived and, calling for hot water, delivered the child without further delay.
· For further details write to:,.· Write or telephone for further details.· For further details about transitional relief ask your charging authority - the address and telephone number are included with this bill.· For further details telephone Computer Traffic on.· Alternative midland accounts and services are available to students taking these courses - please ask at your local branch for further details.· For further details contact her at.
· No doubt there will be many further developments, but already there is a great range of material available for history teaching.· For further developments, http: / / politicsUSA is where to look.· It will address their further development, and if appropriate, adopt new measures to meet new challenges. 3.· Beyond this point there will be no further development.· With the first major implementation target met, Pearl is turning its attentions to further developments.· Their work is not accounted for, and so their further development potential is grossly neglected.· It should identify any matters requiring further development.
· Instead, those against whaling a likely to push for further discussion of the proposal.· The Council may decide upon modalities for the further discussion and possible work on the model.· The reader is referred to Appendix 1 to this chapter for further discussion of this emphasis on liquidity.· It was hoped that further discussion in a reflective setting would add greater clarity to the issues.· The events or worries that are repeated show areas that need more exploration and further discussion.· The following principles are not elaborated in detail, they require considerable further discussion and study.· Her voice repudiated any further discussion.· Once consent is given it is possible to plan further discussions and interviews, or a family meeting.
· Members include nine county and Metropolitan district libraries, two universities and three polytechnics as well as 18 colleges of higher and further education.· For further education, the parents would have to pay an estimated $ 6, 000 or more in annual tuition.· What needs and demands for further education need to be resourced?· They can be studied at universities or, most often these days, at colleges of further education.· It is important that that service is not barred from applying direct to the further education funding council.· Of the forty who had participated in further education, 27 said it was beneficial for what they were now doing.· At present, the further education authorities take as much advantage as possible of the economies of scale through the regional councils.· Only 10 percent of Southern blacks have completed a college education, and further education courses are scarce.
· I therefore proceed to examine the further evidence that has been tendered on that basis.· He has reached the point where he will not tolerate any further evidence of divided loyalties.· Greenfield takes this to be further evidence of the greater degree of abstraction being learnt in schools.· A Braintree man was cleared of an affray charge yesterday when the prosecution offered no further evidence against him.· After hearing further evidence, they will rule on punitive damages.· Surveys of ownership of property provide further evidence of this.· Because of the underlying sense of grievance numerous situations could have been interpreted as yet further evidence of white imperialism.
· We may pursue this through a further examination of primary problem.· We may construct a picture to be corrected or filled in by further examination or the discovery of new evidence.· Patients were excluded from further examination after their dyspepsia clinic visit if they had severe concurrent cardiovascular or respiratory disease.· The environmental impact of humans' future energy demand needs further examination.· With a certain reluctance she agreed to have a further examination, and tests were taken from the cervix and urethra.· Likewise the instrumentalist approach to communication, as it is still prevalent among most churches, needs further examination.· The crevice, upon further examination, was found to be stuffed full of yellowing incisors and weathered molars.· This is a remarkably small number of cases and needs further examination.
· Differences here clearly warrant further investigation, and when revealed to the participating teams provoked considerable discussion.· Daniel must delay further investigation of these people and now go to spend Christmas with his uncle.· The production of a visceral-specific anti-peptide antibody should permit a further investigation of its expression in smooth muscle cells.· At the time this book was going to press, I had not yet been able to undertake further investigations.· The men, all under 25, were questioned yesterday at Middlesbrough police station before being released on bail pending further investigations.· Presence of an osmolal gap should prompt further investigation as to its cause.· Neither ailment had been positively identified when she arrived at the Royal and it was decided to transfer her for further investigation.· Some of the interviews he gave were probing and worth further investigation.
· Building societies make up 18 out of the top 20 performers, which is further proof of the benefits of mutuality.· As they talked a further proof seemed given them that Apollo could speak falsely.· All further proof that Elvis' current Grizzly Adams guise may yet turn out to be one of his most interesting phases.· And if those whose symbols were thus explained hotly denied the interpretations, that would simply be further proof.· The extremely rare use of the bare infinitive with the passive of perceptual verbs adds further proof that this is the case.· And, if anyone needed further proof of guilt after that, Alex Household had run away from the scene of the crime.
· Two further questions require consideration, if not resolution.· Kip, who neither laughed nor asked the man any further questions, in fact knew that forest.· If this was verified, further questions were posed about how the information appeared, and if it was acceptable.· That short answer gives rise to two further questions.· In some cases, the interviewee was able to help out and almost suggest further questions.· As such, their histories deserve special consideration and raise further questions.
· It is to be hoped that Essex and Kent will soon assist in further reduction!.· Congress could extend its temporary funding -- with or without further reductions -- for another month or even a year.· The profits squeeze has reduced bonuses while a further reduction in overtime means operatives' earnings have suffered.· The projected further reductions in staff numbers of some 1000 by March 1997.· Any possibility of further reductions in respite care should be strenuously resisted.· The addition of cisapride ed to a further reduction of postprandial reflux after lunch.· And now the Thatcher government threatens further reductions.· Those who do not wish the Territorial Army well will point to reduced recruiting figures and make claims for further reductions.
· Illmensee and Hoppe concluded their astonishing report in Cell with recommendations for further research.· The issues for further research on this new technology in developing countries are also pointed out.· This approximate definition, not unlike others in hotly contested areas of inquiry, is also a guide to further research.· It has also suggested many lines of further research.· This issue is suggested as an area for further research.· The further research here will continue to study highly skilled people but will give special attention to the problems of acquisition.· At postgraduate level the Bucher and Fraser Scholarships provide opportunities for further research or for advanced studies in composition or performance.· Its removal is not being contemplated, pending further research.
· There is, however, a further stage forward.· In order to test these theories two further stages are required.· A further stage in the scheme is much more interesting: this is the stage of the communal gens.· A further stage of more radical agitation, including the objective of a united Ireland, would follow.· This revision was a further stage in the territorial reordering which Edward undertook between 1473 and 1475.· The second was added to the first, over the cheek and lower jaw, to give a further stage of disintegration.· What power does the voter have over a local contractor who is one further stage removed from public control and accountability?· This would involve a further stage of development.
· If further steps are to be performed a time delay is needed before the next excitation change.· The best business development groups take further steps to capture and reuse lessons learned from experience.· We entrust the Ministerial Council with the further steps which may be required to implement them.· He made a further step forward and fell into my arms.· The Treaty of Rome and the subsequent decisions of the member Governments provide for a series of further steps.· I believe that further steps are being taken.· Now the exercise has moved a further step forward, with yarn ranges presented to knitwear manufacturers and retailers.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► nothing could be further from the truth
1more or additional: - All three schools were closed until further notice.
- The museum will be closed until further notice.
- A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
- All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
- Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
- An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
- Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
- Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
- His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
- Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
- And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
- Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.
- Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.
- The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
- The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.
- Then, without more ado, he loaded the horses into the trailer.
- Then, without more ado, he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
- As his main hobby is sailing. and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg.
- But they have travelled as far afield as Belfast and Aberdeen.
- His success extends even further afield to victories at the Barbican in London.
- Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
- The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.
- To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.
- You would probably peep out first, start looking round close to the spaceship and then start going further afield.
- The talks are no further forward than they were two weeks ago.
- Complications were growing and she was no further forward with her task.
- She was still no further forward.
- We're no further forward with either.
- For a typical candidate, one need look no further than Keith Hill, bidding to take Streatham from the Tories.
- For evidence, look no further than the campaign trail.
- If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
- In fact, I needed to look no further than the ground below me.
- Often they decide they like the idea of running one particular business and they look no further.
- Or need I look no further than the old man's unspoken mistrust of my intentions?
- You need look no further than last weekend for examples, when Kentucky and Kansas both lost their final games.
- You need look no further than Plautus himself.
- A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
- All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
- Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
- An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
- Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
- Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
- His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
- Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
- And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
- But the consumer could benefit still further.
- Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
- His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
- I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
- Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
- The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
Are there any further questions? We have decided to take no further action.further details/information etc Visit our website for further details.a further 10 miles/5 minutes etc Cook gently for a further 10 minutes.► see thesaurus at more2until further notice until you are told that something has changed: Lacunza ordered the suspension of the elections until further notice.further1 adverbfurther2 adjectivefurther3 verb
furtherfurther3 ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
further
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | further |
| he, she, it | furthers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | furthered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have furthered |
| he, she, it | has furthered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had furthered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will further |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have furthered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am furthering |
| he, she, it | is furthering | |
| you, we, they | are furthering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was furthering |
| you, we, they | were furthering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been furthering |
| he, she, it | has been furthering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been furthering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be furthering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been furthering |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Rodney had no opportunities to further his education.
- He assured anybody who asked that his group was also against violence in furthering its cause.
- Its goal was to further school-to-work efforts in the United States through a peer-to-peer recruitment of corporate leaders.
- The intention behind the book is furthering the necessarily slow process of changing values.
- What is the continuing education budget post-entry and the employer's commitment to assist you in furthering your own professional commitment?
Longman Language Activatorto help something to happen
to help something such as an improvement to happen: · The plan was intended to help development in rural areas.help do something: · Spending time in Spain should help improve her Spanish.help to do something: · It is hoped that the tax increases will help to stabilize the economy.
to make something more likely to happen or make people more likely to do something, often something that you think they should not do: · Congress is considering tax breaks to encourage investment.· Damp conditions encourage the growth of the fungus.encourage somebody to do something: · Cigarette machines in the streets will only encourage more teenagers to smoke.
formal: promote good relations/cooperation/trade etc to help something good to happen or to develop and increase: · The aim of the meeting is to promote trade between the two countries.· A balanced diet promotes good health and normal development.
formal to help something get better, develop, grow etc: · The country's economic recovery has been aided by increased international trade.· The large number of Latino voters aided Garcia's victory in the last election.
to give advantages to someone or something, so that something can improve: · Critics argue that the tax cuts will only benefit large companies.· Admission is $5, with proceeds benefiting a local children's charity.
to help something you are trying to do to be successful: · Separatist rebels have used terrorism to advance their cause in the region.· The associations allow professionals to band together to further their interests.
formal if a situation is conducive to something such as work, rest etc, it provides the conditions that make it easier: · All this noise is hardly conducive to rest and relaxation.· We want to create an atmosphere conducive to serious discussion.
to help something such as a business so that it suddenly begins to develop more quickly: · The recent drop in interest rates has given the economy a much needed boost.give sth a boost to: · The central government also privatized farmland, giving a boost to food production.
British /be favorable for/to American written if conditions are favourable for or to something such as an agreement or an improvement in a situation, they make it more likely to happen: · The conditions are now favorable for job creation and economic growth.· The conference has produced a political climate that is favourable to a peace settlement.
to be successful in your work also be a success to earn a lot of money or to become well known and respected, because you do your job very well: · Five years ago he started his own business and now he's very successful.· I'm glad we appointed Cyril - he's proved to be a great success.· In order to be successful as a dancer, you need flair and stamina.· He's leaving the company, despite having been a big success as marketing manager.· People who are successful in their careers have found out what they like and do well.
to be successful in your job, especially because you work hard: · Gail seemed so anxious to do well, and she worked really hard.· When the players do well, I praise them -- but there are no rewards for coming second.· Neither of the kids was doing well in school.· Most of his tutors expected him to do well at Harvard.· My friend left college and went into law, and he's doing very well for himself.
to be successful in your job, especially because you have a very strong desire to succeed: · The people who get on are the ones who create their own opportunities.· My father's experience taught me a memorable lesson in how to get ahead.get on in life/the world: · You may not like having to agree with everything the boss says, but often that's the way to get on in life.· If you want to get ahead in this world, kid, never take 'no' for an answer.
informal to become successful, especially in the sports or entertainment business: · He was a talented football player and I knew he'd make it.· We've fought long and hard to get where we are, and we deserve to make it.make it big (=become very successful): · Many actors move to America, hoping to make it big in Hollywood.make it on your own (=without any help from anyone): · Get as much advice from colleagues as you can - it can be difficult trying to make it on your own.
to become successful in your job by doing it well and continuing to work at it for a fairly long time: · People who have had setbacks are often the ones who are really driven to succeed.· a strong desire to succeedsucceed as a teacher/actor/musician etc: · If you don't change your attitude, you will never succeed as a manager in this firm.succeed at: · My parents always told me I'd succeed at anything I chose to do.succeed in: · A lot of people doubted that I could succeed in business for myself.
to get better and better jobs in a company, organization, or profession so that eventually you have one of the most important jobs in it: · Those who rise to the top in advertising can expect to earn in excess of $100,000.· I think we all like to believe that if someone is made of the right stuff, they will rise to the top.· A consummate professional, he rose to the top of the most competitive organization in the country.
to work very hard in your job so that eventually you reach an important and high position: · While she was working her way up from dishwasher to chef, she was studying at night school to improve her grades. work your way up to the top: · He started two years ago as an admin assistant, and worked his way up to the top.
to be successful in your job so that people notice you and respect your ability, especially because of a particular piece of work you have done: · In his early twenties, Terry was the typical ambitious graduate, full of ideas and eager to make his mark.· She instantly made her mark with a series of award-winning ad campaigns for high-profile clients.
to gain more important and better paid jobs in your chosen area of work, especially by doing things that will get you noticed by more important people that you work with: · First, take a look at what you personally can do to advance your career.· In recent weeks, Janet has become aware that her colleague Alan has been using her to further his own career.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Alan had been using her to further his career.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES students who come from further afield Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates. To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language. Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions). We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens. How much longer do we have to wait? How much further is it? For further particulars, contact the College secretary. the further reaches of the jungle There’s a list of further reading (=other things you can read) at the end of each chapter. If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Alan had been using her to further his career.· There were further accusations of incompetence.
· No further action is necessary.
students who come from further afield Their money problems were further aggravated by a rise in interest rates. (=help them to progress or be successful)· The group is prepared to use violence to further its political aims.
· A further announcement will be made in the near future.
(=help to achieve an aim)· He did much to advance the cause of freedom.
(=an additional clue)· They searched the surrounding area for further clues.
To complicate matters further, differences exist as regards legal systems, trade customs, and language.· They refused any further concessions in the argument over agricultural exports.
· The meeting was adjourned to allow time for further consideration.
· It is recommended that further consultation should take place.
· Check our website for more details.
· Movies soon had the added dimension of sound.
· It’s a very small garden and it has the further disadvantage of facing north.
(=at a college or university)· I did a carpentry course at the further education college.
(=extra or additional)· His resignation should save the government any further embarrassment.
(=a more detailed or careful examination)· The results of the experiment merit further examination.
· Investors think the hotel chain is ripe for further expansion.
(=additional reasons)· He gave no further explanation for leaving, and she did not ask for any.
(=more improvement)· We feel there is room for further improvement.
· For more information, visit our website.
Toby would have liked to inquire further (=ask more questions). We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens. How much longer do we have to wait? How much further is it? (=from now until you are told something else)· On the door was a sign: ‘Library closed until further notice’.
For further particulars, contact the College secretary. (=additional proof)· He showed his driving licence as further proof of his identity.
the further reaches of the jungle There’s a list of further reading (=other things you can read) at the end of each chapter.· Peasants managed their land as skilfully as some people higher up the social scale.
· Bonuses are not paid to people lower down the salary scale.
· We then took the experiment a stage further.
If you want to take it further, you should consult an attorney.· It accused Roy of using his very public fight to beat lung cancer as a way of furthering his career.· A professional Plan B is a systematic thought-out plan of action for furthering your career that includes the following steps.· In recent weeks Janet has become aware that her colleague Alan has been using her to further his career.· We market them, we introduce them and we further their careers.
· It has also created difficulties in furthering their cause effectively-be it in the courts or through bureaucratic channels.· Nonprofit organizations and government agencies must effectively implement programs that further their causes or policies within budgetary constraints and shifting public priorities.· He assured anybody who asked that his group was also against violence in furthering its cause.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► nothing could be further from the truth
to help something progress or be successful: - And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
- Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado.
- Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado.
- The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado.
- The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado.
- Then, without more ado, he loaded the horses into the trailer.
- Then, without more ado, he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
- As his main hobby is sailing. and his friends have visited places as far afield as Cherbourg.
- But they have travelled as far afield as Belfast and Aberdeen.
- His success extends even further afield to victories at the Barbican in London.
- Some students venture further afield and choose courses in the Faculties of Arts or Social Sciences.
- The Takaroa operates from Cairns, and allows the visiting diver to venture further afield.
- To explore further afield, bicycle hire is available.
- You would probably peep out first, start looking round close to the spaceship and then start going further afield.
- The talks are no further forward than they were two weeks ago.
- Complications were growing and she was no further forward with her task.
- She was still no further forward.
- We're no further forward with either.
- For a typical candidate, one need look no further than Keith Hill, bidding to take Streatham from the Tories.
- For evidence, look no further than the campaign trail.
- If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
- In fact, I needed to look no further than the ground below me.
- Often they decide they like the idea of running one particular business and they look no further.
- Or need I look no further than the old man's unspoken mistrust of my intentions?
- You need look no further than last weekend for examples, when Kentucky and Kansas both lost their final games.
- You need look no further than Plautus himself.
- A curfew was imposed until further notice in both Nouadhibou and Nouakchott.
- All its teams have been banned from international competitions until further notice.
- Althorp is closed to the public until further notice.
- An army spokesman said the curfew would continue until further notice, but army radio said it would be lifted on Sunday.
- Despite the plans to introduce a multiparty system, government sources confirmed that new parties would remain banned until further notice.
- Fast lanes closed on each carriageway until further notice with two lanes open for traffic.
- His coach told him a few days ago that he would come off the bench until further notice.
- Just keep sending the reports, he says, until further notice.
- And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
- But the consumer could benefit still further.
- Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
- His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
- I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
- Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
- The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
He dedicated his life to furthering the cause of world peace. Alan had been using her to further his career.