farther
/fɑː/
US pronunciation
American sound/fɑː/
farther
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
far - ther -> farther
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
farther / 'fɑ:ðǝ(r) / adj (comparative of FAR adj )
အခြား တစ်ဖက်။ ဟိုမှာဘက်ကမ်း။ ဝေးဝေးလံလံ။ on the farther shore of the lake ❍ The church was farther down the road than I thought. ❍ Rome is farther from London than Paris is.
adv (comparative of FARadv )
ဝေးဝေးလံလံ။ အလှမ်း ဝေးဝေး။
We can't go any farther without resting. ❍ Let us look farther forward into the next century.
More examples
- The children were too tired to walk any farther.
- I live farther up the road.
- I wanted to talk to them, but I didn’t get farther than the front door.
- [farther away/apart/ahead etc] : An owl hooted nearby, and was answered by another farther away.
- [farther north/south/east/west] : The Mexican border is 200 miles farther south.
- Looking farther into the future, we plan to expand into Europe.
- They’re even farther to the right than the present government.
Synonyms
beyond, out of, further than, farther than, past, a distinct, a further, a piece, a separate, added, alfresco, another, apart from, away from, beyond range, distant, extramural, far back, far off, fresh, further, in addition, in the background, in the boonies, in the distance, in the sticks, longer, massed, middle of nowhere, more, more distant, more remote, more than that, new, not home, one more, open-air, other, out of earshot, out of range, out of reach, outside, over and above, over-and-above, remoter, some other, telescopic, too many, wide of, yon, yonder
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