Far
//fɑː//
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The word "far" can be used as adjective, adverb, adjective, noun, proper noun, adverb and verb.
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Far Cotton Far Forest Far North Far Sawrey Unincorporated Far West a bridge too far a far remove afar 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 as far as the eye could see by far by far and away cast one's net far and wide far and away far and wide far away far be it far cry far far away far fetched far field far from far from it far gone far left far leftist far off far out far point far post far removed far right far rightist far sight far turn far-famed far-fetched far-field far-flung far-left far-lefter far-leftist far-off far-out far-reaching far-right far-righter far-rightist far-seeing far-sighted faraway farfetch fargoing farmost farness farreaching farsee farseeing farseer farsight farsighted farspeak farstretched few and far between go far go so far as go too far how far howsofar if you go far enough left, you get your guns back in so far as over the hills and far away overfar so far so far as so far so good take too far the apple does not fall far from the stem the apple does not fall far from the tree the apple does not fall far from the trunk the apple doesn't fall far from the tree the apple never falls far from the tree the nut does not fall far from the tree thus far too far gone trust someone as far as one can spit trust someone as far as one could fling a bull by the tail trust someone as far as one could spit trust someone as far as one could throw them
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adjective adverb alabama alabama fire and away architecture away away away backwards being being distant beyond describing describing distance description direction directions distance distance away distance description distance indication distance measure distance measurement distance term distances distant distant away expression farrow fire general general distance great great distance in distance indication large large distance length like like for litter long long away long distance long way long ways measure measurement memory miles miles away much much distance near and nearness nothing off perception perspective piglet qualitative quite quite distant raf raf backwards relative relative distance segment spelt term three triticum spelta very very distant way way away way off ways
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cold cold distant distant far off far-off faraway farther farther farthermost farthermost farthest further further furthermost furthest immoderate immoderate long long off beaten track off the beaten track out of the way out-of-the-way outlying outlying remote removed removed right right utmost uttermost
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