What does "far" mean?
Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
Far
/fɑː/ adj, adv, name, noun, verb
adj, adv, name, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.
- Grammar: far is listed as adj, adv, name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: abase, afar, afar off, apart.
- Useful contrasts: close, near, proximate.
- Usage evidence: I want a boat that will take me far away from here.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it. uncountable
"A cataplasm made from any meal is heating, whether it be of wheat, or of far, or barley, or bitter vetch, ..."
- 2 A litter of piglets; a farrow. UK, dialectal
- 3 Initialism of floor area ratio. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Verb
- 1 To send far away. rare, transitive
"But I wish he'd been farred before he ever came near this house, with his “Please Betty” this, and “Please Betty” that, and drinking up our new milk as if he'd been a cat. I hate such beguiling ways."
Adjective
- 1 Distant; remote in space.
"He went to a far land."
- 2 Remote in time.
"the far far future"
- 3 Long.
"I have such a long way to go but yet I have come such a far piece already"
- 4 More remote of two.
"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."
- 5 Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.
"They are on the far right on this issue."
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- 6 Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.
"As sensible maketh a man differ from a stone, in a far difference; for other Species, as Beasts, have the same difference, but reasonable is the nearest, whereby he differeth from a stone, beasts, and all other things."
- 7 Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture. not-comparable
"far heap; far memory; far pointer"
Adjective
- 1 located at a great distance in time or space or degree wordnet
- 2 being of a considerable distance or length wordnet
- 3 beyond a norm in opinion or actions wordnet
- 4 being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle wordnet
Adverb
- 1 To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
"You have all come far and you will go further."
- 2 Very much; by a great amount.
"He was far richer than we'd thought."
Adverb
- 1 at or to or from a great distance in space wordnet
- 2 remote in time wordnet
- 3 to a considerable degree; very much wordnet
- 4 at or to a certain point or degree wordnet
- 5 to an advanced stage or point wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 Initialism of Federal Aviation Regulations. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, proscribed
- 2 Initialism of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"I want a boat that will take me far away from here."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "far"?
Common synonyms include: abase, afar, afar off, apart, asunder, at a distance.
How do you use "far" in a sentence?
I want a boat that will take me far away from here.
How do you pronounce "far"?
Pronounced /fɑː/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai
Etymology 2
From Latin far. Doublet of farro.