further
/ˈfɝ.ðɚ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.31 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
More distant; relatively distant.
adj
More, additional.
adv
adv
Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
Example Sentences
- "In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor, In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen To further euerie action to the beſt."
- "Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land.""
- "Further the economy."
- "to further the peace process"
- "See those two lampposts? Run to the further one."
- "He was standing at the further end of the corridor."
Etymology
From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɝ.ðɚ/
- British English: /ˈfɜːðə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
furtherance
furtherer
furtherly
furtherment
furthersome
furtherdom
furtherhood
furthermore
furthermost
furtherness
furtherward