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You can use f__ to mean 'very much' when you are comparing two things and emphasizing the difference between them. For example, you can say that something is far better or far worse than something else to indicate that it is very much better or worse. You can also say that something is, for example, far too big to indicate that it is very much too big.You can use far to mean 'very much' when you are comparing two things and emphasizing the difference between them. For example, you can say that something is far better or far worse than something else to indicate that it is very much better or worse. You can also say that something is, for example, far too big to indicate that it is very much too big.
Women who eat plenty of fresh vegetables are far less likely to suffer anxiety or depression.
The police say the response has been far better than expected.
These trials are simply taking far too long.
It now has debts reported to be far in excess of one thousand million pounds.
word far
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adverb
If one place, thing, or person is far away from another, there is a great distance between them.
I know a nice little Italian restaurant not far from here.
They came from as far away as Florida.
Both of my sisters moved even farther away from home.
They lay in the cliff top grass with the sea stretching out far below.
Is it far?
If you ask how far a place is, you are asking what distance it is from you or from another place. If you ask how far someone went, you are asking what distance they travelled, or what place they reached .
How far is Pawtucket from Providence?
How far is it to Malcy?
How far can you throw?
You can only judge how high something is when you know how far away it is.
She followed the tracks as far as the road.
A time or event that is far away in the future or the past is a long time from the present or from a particular point in time.
...hidden conflicts whose roots lie far back in time.
I can't see any farther than the next six months.
The first day of term, which seemed so far away at the start of the summer holidays, is looming.
You can use far to talk about the extent or degree to which something happens or is true .
How far did the film tell the truth about the inventor?
But it is not clear how far they could help with the work on a power plant.
You can talk about how far someone or something gets to describe the progress that they make.
Discussions never progressed very far.
Think of how far we have come in a little time.
I don't think Mr Cavanagh would get far with that trick.
You can talk about how far a person or action goes to describe the degree to which someone's behaviour or actions are extreme .
It's still not clear how far the government will go to implement its own plans.
Competition can be healthy, but if it is pushed too far it can result in bullying.
This time he's gone too far.
You can use far in expressions like ' I wouldn't go that far ' and ' I would go so far ' to indicate to what extent you agree with something.
'Does it sound like music?'—'I wouldn't go that far.'.
You can use far to mean 'very much' when you are comparing two things and emphasizing the difference between them. For example, you can say that something is far better or far worse than something else to indicate that it is very much better or worse. You can also say that something is, for example, far too big to indicate that it is very much too big.
Women who eat plenty of fresh vegetables are far less likely to suffer anxiety or depression.
The police say the response has been far better than expected.
These trials are simply taking far too long.
It now has debts reported to be far in excess of one thousand million pounds.
adjective
When there are two things of the same kind in a place, the far one is the one that is a greater distance from you.
He had wandered to the far end of the room.
A narrow steep path leads down into a valley and up the far side.
You can use far to refer to the part of an area or object that is the greatest distance from the centre in a particular direction . For example, the far north of a country is the part of it that is the greatest distance to the north.
I've spent a lot of time walking around Britain from the far north of Scotland down to Cornwall.
I wrote the date at the far left of the blackboard.
You can describe people with extreme left-wing or right-wing political views as the far left or the far right .
Anti-racist campaigners are urging the Government to ban all far-Right groups.
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