further
Part of speech: verb
adj
adv
Morphological type: derivation
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, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).
Base: forth
Affixes: -er
Inflected forms:
form: furthers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: furthering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: furthered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: furthered
pos: verb
tags: past
form: farther
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: farther
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: farther
pos: adv
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To help forward; to assist.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne
Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor,
In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen
To further euerie action to the beſt.
Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land."
gloss: To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Further the economy.
to further the peace process
gloss: More distant; relatively distant.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: See those two lampposts? Run to the further one.
He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
gloss: More, additional.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: I have one further comment to make.
This time Cudicini was left helpless when Natcho stepped up to expertly curl the ball into the top corner.
That was the cue for further pressure from the Russian side and it took further Cudicini saves to keep the score down.
gloss: To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: I can run further than you.
I live a little further out of town.
How was your company doing ten years further back?
“A very welcome, kind, useful present, that means to the parish. By the way, Hopkins, let this go no further. We don't want the tale running round that a rich person has arrived. Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing.[…]”
gloss: To a greater extent or degree.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.
I do not propose to discuss it any further. - Please, let me explain just a little further.
gloss: Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.
Don't confuse things further.
Further, affiant sayeth naught. (A formal statement ending a deposition or affidavit, immediately preceding the affiant's signature.)
The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.
gloss: Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
pos: adv
tags: conjunctive
not-comparable
examples: It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
I claim furthermore that he did not own the company but only worked there.
Further, besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position,[…].
gloss: Following on (from).
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
This example is further to the one on page 17.
The Court notes that the applicant’s registration by the StB as their “agent” lies at the heart of the application. Although the Court has no jurisdiction ratione temporis to examine the registration as such, it observes that, further to his registration, the applicant was issued with a negative security clearance and his name and reputation were called into question.
Related words: far
Derived words: furtherance
furtherer
furtherly
furtherment
furthersome
furtherdom
further education
furtherhood
furthermost
furtherness
furtherward
no further action
until further notice
with no further ado
without further ado
furthermore
seek-no-further
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: verder
lang: Bulgarian
word: по-нататък
roman: po-natatǎk
lang: Danish
word: længere
lang: Dutch
word: verder
lang: Finnish
word: kauempana
lang: Finnish
word: kauemmaksi
lang: Finnish
word: kauemmas
lang: Finnish
word: kauempaa
lang: French
word: plus loin
lang: Galician
word: alén
lang: German
word: weiter
lang: Latin
word: porrō
lang: Latvian
word: tuvāk
lang: Polish
word: dalej
lang: Portuguese
word: mais distantemente
lang: Portuguese
word: mais de longe
lang: Romanian
word: mai departe
lang: Russian
word: да́льше
roman: dálʹše
lang: Spanish
word: más lejos
lang: Spanish
word: acullá
lang: Spanish
word: ulteriormente