furtheradverb
uk/ˈfɜː.ðər/us/ˈfɝː.ðɚ/B1 comparative of far : to a greater distance or degree, or at a more advanced level:
If you go or take something further, you take it to a more advanced stage:
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- The foundations will have to be reinforced to prevent the house from sinking further into the ground.
- As you go further south, you will notice a gradual change of climate.
- "Halt!" called the guard. "You can't go any further without a permit."
- Leave the main road and cross the bridge, and we live just three houses further on.
- The wind was pushing the boat further and further out to sea.
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Distant in space and time
- (in) the middle of nowhere idiom
- afar
- afield
- all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
- anywhere
- as far as the eye can/could see idiom
- away
- beaten
- far
- furthermost
- furthest
- light year
- light years away idiom
- lonely
- middle
- remotely
- the back of beyond idiom
- virtually
- wide
- you're getting colder idiom
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Idiom(s)
furtheradjective
uk/ˈfɜː.ðər/us/ˈfɝː.ðɚ/UK US farther at a greater distance:
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- He was muttering something about an accident further down the road.
- Which one of these cities is further from us - Tokyo or Berlin?
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Distant in space and time
- (in) the middle of nowhere idiom
- afar
- afield
- all/the four corners of the world/earth idiom
- anywhere
- as far as the eye can/could see idiom
- away
- beaten
- far
- furthermost
- furthest
- light year
- light years away idiom
- lonely
- middle
- remotely
- the back of beyond idiom
- virtually
- wide
- you're getting colder idiom
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furtheradjective, adverb
uk/ˈfɜː.ðər/us/ˈfɝː.ðɚ/A2 more or extra:
used in business letters to refer to an earlier letter, conversation, meeting, etc.:
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Also, extra, and in addition
- added
- additional
- again
- along
- also
- case
- excess
- for good measure idiom
- for luck idiom
- furthermore
- hand
- have sth in hand idiom
- say
- second 1
- the icing on the cake idiom
- thirdly
- to boot idiom
- to cap it all idiom
- to say nothing of ... idiom
- yet
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furtherverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɜː.ðər/us/ˈfɝː.ðɚ/C2 to develop or make progress in something:
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Making progress and advancing
- a step forward idiom
- advance
- advancement
- ahead
- be cooking idiom
- betterment
- go great guns idiom
- graduate
- grow
- grow into sb/sth
- grow out of sth
- have come a long way idiom
- pan
- rise
- shape
- simmer
- speciation
- spread your wings idiom
- steer a course/path idiom
- step
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