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adverbto or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
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verbpromote the growth of
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adjectivemore distant in especially degree
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adverbto or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
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verbcontribute to the progress or growth of
Examples of further
- "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"
- "let's not discuss it further"
- "nothing could be further from the truth"
- "they are further along in their research than we expected"
- "further from our expectations"
- "went only three miles further"
- "further in the future"