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furthest
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective furthest has 1 sense
- furthest(s = adj.all) farthermost, farthest, furthermost, utmost, uttermost - (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
Adverbial furthest has 2 senses
- furthest(r = adv.all) farthest - to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us"
- furthest(r = adv.all) farthest - to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"
CIDE DICTIONARY
furthest, a.
superl. Most remote; most in advance; farthest. See Further, a. [1913 Webster]
furthest, adv.
At the greatest distance; farthest. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
furthest, adj. & adv. (also farthest esp. with ref. to physical distance)
--adj. most distant.
--adv. to or at the greatest distance.
--adj. most distant.
--adv. to or at the greatest distance.
Idiom
at the furthest (or at furthest) at the greatest distance; at the latest; at most.
Etymology
ME, superl. f. FURTHER
THESAURUS
furthest
at the height, at the limit, extreme, far out, farthermost, farthest, farthest off, furthermost, greatest, most, most distant, outermost, outmost, radical, remotest, too much, ultimate, ultra, ultra-ultra, utmost, uttermost, way out
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