- 1at a greater distance away from you I saw her on the far side of the road. at the far end of the room They made for an empty table in the far corner.
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- 2at the farthest point in a particular direction the far north of Alaska Who is that on the far left of the photo? She is on the far right of the party (= holds extreme right-wing political views).
- 3(old-fashioned or literary) a long distance away a far country Somewhere in the far regions of her mind, a voice was screaming warnings. Idioms
far
adjectiveNAmE//fɑr//
(far‧ther, far‧thest or fur‧ther, fur‧thest) [only before noun]a very different experience from something All this luxury was a far cry from the poverty of his childhood.
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