verb
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To help forward; to assist.
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To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.
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Further the economy.
adjective
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(comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.
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He was standing at the further end of the corridor.
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More, additional.
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I have one further comment to make.
adverb
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(comparative form of far) To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.
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I can run further than you.
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(comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.
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Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced.
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Beyond what is already stated or is already the case.
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Chapter 10 further explains the ideas introduced in Chapter 9.
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Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.
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It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense.
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(in the phrase 'further to') Following on (from).
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Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised.
Examples of further in a Sentence
The assistant asked some further questions.
Without further conversation, the Indians started down the gully.
He offered no further information and she felt uncomfortable about asking.
Miss Keller's later education is easy to understand and needs no further explanation than she has given.
Darian's grounded 'til further notice.
Fred returned to the courthouse, museum, and library for further research.
Len walked further into the room.
Lisa hesitated, afraid of blundering further, but why did he need a sitter when his mother lived in the house?
Without further argument, Sarah and Tammy left, and Lisa was alone.
Before we take that further, let's consider something the Internet has taught us about ourselves.
Any further conversation was interrupted by Howie's return.
Details were withheld pending further investigation.
They chatted further about general matters—mutual friends, and from Weller, some advice on campaigning.
Betsy took his hand and we moved further down the sidewalk.
Is it not possible to take a step further towards recognizing and organizing the rights of man?
Rather, he'd done the decent thing and spared her further heartache.
This statement further incensed Howie.
While I dreaded frightening my wife further, I knew I owed her the information on the motor home.
The last point sealed the deal against further discussion.
And her sympathies go further and shape her opinions on political and national movements.
Saying that might go further toward getting him to forget the kidnapping and murder and going on with his life.
He raised the dark brow further, blue eyes twinkling with humor.
Going that way will put us further away from Ashley, but it will give us two advantages.
In the week that followed, they drifted further apart.
The accident did a hell of a job and the long coma and operations further messed him up.
With each tip we give there's further chance someone will start stringing them together.
Nor did I open my mouth further, the entire walk back to the office.
I've just been paddling to keep my head above water my whole life long and sinking down further with every stroke.
This camera was positioned further away and the picture blurry, and more intermittent.
The problem is the further I go into the past, the less accuracy I can attain.
That's when all the weird tips occur, not further back in the past, but he doesn't know that.
Prince Bagration gave no further orders and silently continued to walk on in front of the ranks.
There is no need to put you out further.
She soft-peddled her answers, knowing to tell the truth would only upset him further.
Further, the results obtained with the water-dropper at two heights -viz.
But first we must go further back, from Shakespeare at the end of the sixteenth century to Plato around 370 BC.
The icon was carried further, accompanied by the throng.
Frustrating as it was - as he was - it would do no good to question him further.
The fact that she was uninterested only enticed him further.
Perhaps I'll move further east and see if the plucking is better when the weather is cooler.
Martha asked if she'd like to hold the baby, thrilling Molly further.
It would only confuse the issue further.
I knew he wanted to remain close to Julie so I said nothing further about trying to go back.
A few feet further, in a dry grotto scooped out from the main walkway, something glinted in Dean's flashlight.
Pumpkin's original deposit with Bird Song was overdrawn and requests for further funds were excused away, purportedly awaiting some expected but unexplained bounty via the mail.
A phone call interrupted further discussion.
To further enhance yield, at the same time Borlaug bred wheat strains with short, stubby stalks, which were able to better handle more weight of grain.
The colonel and some of his men got across and with difficulty clambered out on the further bank.
Every day I stay in this house I degrade myself further.
Buoyed by his successful human authentication of Martha's bone, Dean decided to do further snooping.