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Further

adjective

1.

More distant in especially degree. Synonym: farther. "Further from our expectations" , "Farther from the truth" , "Farther from our expectations"

adverb

1.

To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage ('further' is used more often than 'farther' in this abstract sense). Synonym: farther. "Let's not discuss it further" , "Nothing could be further from the truth" , "They are further along in their research than we expected" , "The application of the law was extended farther" , "He is going no farther in his studies"

2.

In addition or furthermore. "Stated further that he would not cooperate with them" , "They are definitely coming; further, they should be here already"

3.

To or at a greater distance in time or space ('farther' is used more frequently than 'further' in this physical sense). Synonym: farther. "Moved farther away" , "Farther down the corridor" , "The practice may go back still farther to the Druids" , "Went only three miles further" , "Further in the future"

verb

(past & past part. furthered; pres. part. furthering)

1.

Promote the growth of. Synonym: foster.

2.

Contribute to the progress or growth of. Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, promote.

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— Disturbed Ireland - Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. • Bernard H. Becker

... maintaining order. Thousands of secret agents were rushed to the devoted city. In mobs composed wholly of themselves, they fired and looted buildings and factories. They worked the people up until they joined them in the pillage. Liquor in large quantities was distributed among the slum classes further to inflame their minds. And then, when all was ready, appeared upon the scene the soldiers of the United States, who were, in reality, the soldiers of the Iron Heel. Eleven thousand men, women, and children ...

— The Iron Heel • Jack London

... the neighbourhood were a GOOD one—if, for example, one had a friend with whom one could discuss manners and polite deportment, or engage in some branch of science, and so stimulate one's wits. For that sort of thing gives one's intellect an airing. It, it—" At a loss for further words, he ended by remarking that his feelings were apt to carry him away; after which he continued with a gesture: "What I mean is that, were that sort of thing possible, I, for one, could find the country and an isolated life possessed of great attractions. But, as matters stand, ...

— Dead Souls • Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol

... with an air of consequence up Broadway, smoking what was probably the bit of cigar he had picked up in the restaurant. He still carried his manuscript, which was wrapped in a soiled blue paper. As I was hurrying up-town on an assignment for the newspaper, I could not observe his movements further than to see that when he reached Fourteenth Street he made for one of the benches in ...

— Tales From Bohemia • Robert Neilson Stephens

... Buttle cause for surprise at the outset, she gave him further cause during the next half-hour. The work that was to be done was such as made him open his eyes, and draw in his breath. If he was to be allowed to do it—if he could do it—if it was to be paid for—it struck him that he would be a ...

— The Shuttle • Frances Hodgson Burnett

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