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further

Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːðə/

The English word “further” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To help forward; to assist.
  2. To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.

adjective

  1. More distant; relatively distant.
  2. More, additional.

adverb

  1. To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
  2. To a greater extent or degree.
  3. Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
  4. Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
  5. Following on (from).

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,…

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