How do you pronounce far?

The recorded pronunciation is /fɑɹ/.

Where does far come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

far

/fɑɹ/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.50 in modern English

Syllables: far
IPA: /fɑɹ/

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Meaning

adj

Distant; remote in space.

adj

Remote in time.

adj

Long.

adj

More remote of two.

adj

Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

adj

Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

adj

Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

adv

To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

Example Sentences

"He went to a far land."
"And they went to Ioshua vnto the campe at Gilgal, and said vnto him, and to the men of Israel, Wee be come from a farre countrey: Now therefore make ye a league with vs."
"Tsiolkas's Europe, as voraciously predatory as his own undead protagonist, is a far cry from the fount of idealistic humanism dreamed up by generations of both pre- and post-Enlightenment politicians and philosophers, a Europe defined by its durable capacity for civility in an otherwise barbarous world."
"the far far future"
"I have such a long way to go but yet I have come such a far piece already"
"At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ferre, feor, *ferrai, far

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /fɑɹ/
British English: /fɑː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

farther (comparative) further (comparative) farthest (superlative) furthest (superlative) farthermost (superlative) furthermost (superlative) fars (present, singular) farring (participle, present) farred (participle, past) farred (past) fars (plural)

Derived Forms

afar faraway farfetch fargoing farmost farness farreaching farsee farseeing farseer farsight farsighted

Phrases

a bridge too far a far remove a far sight as far as as far as I can throw you as far as I'm concerned as far as one knows as far as the eye can see

Frequently Paired Words

far breton

Synonyms

long distant

Antonyms

close near

Rhymes With

are car star all-star bar guitar hr pr mar par ar bizarre

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