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(adverb) to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us" |
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Synonyms: farthest |
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(adverb) to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthese seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest" |
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Synonyms: farthest |
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(satellite adjective) comparatives of "far"; most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula" |
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Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost |
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