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farther
English
Etymology
Variant of further.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fä?th?, IPA(key): /?f??ð?/
- (US) enPR: fär?th?r, IPA(key): /?f??ð?/
- Rhymes: -??(r)ð?(r)
- Homophone: father (in non-rhotic accents)
Adjective
farther
- Alternative form of further. (See also the usage notes at further.)
- 1813: Pride & Prejudice
- The necessity must be obeyed, and farther apology would be absurd.
- 1813: Pride & Prejudice
Adverb
farther
- Alternative form of further. (See also the usage notes at further.)
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 5.
- But as the matter is often carried farther, even to the absolute rejecting of all profound reasonings, or what is commonly called metaphysics, we shall now proceed to consider what can reasonably be pleaded in their behalf.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 5.
Verb
farther (third-person singular simple present farthers, present participle farthering, simple past and past participle farthered)
- (uncommon or old-fashioned) Alternative form of further.
References
farther From the web:
- what farther miles or kilometers
- what further means
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- what further unnatural acts are occurring
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- what's further than the moon
- what's farther than pluto
- what's farther than the sun
larger
English
Etymology
From Middle English largere, equivalent to large +? -er (comparative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /l??d??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l??d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d??(?)
Adjective
larger
- comparative form of large: more large
Anagrams
- reg'lar
larger From the web:
- what larger system is the and a part of
- what larger work is inferno part of
- what larger war is this battle a part of
- what larger islands are in the mediterranean
- what larger than a millennium
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