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Adverb: far  faa(r)
  1. To a considerable degree; very much
    "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"; "a far far better thing that I do"
     
  2. At, to or from a great distance in space
    "he travelled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
     
  3. At or to a certain point or degree
    "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?"
     
  4. Remote in time
    "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
     
  5. To an advanced stage or point
    "a young man who will go very far"
Adjective: far  faa(r)
  1. Located at a great distance in time, space or degree
    "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
     
  2. Being of a considerable distance or length
    "a far trek"
     
  3. Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
    "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"
     
  4. Beyond a norm in opinion or actions
    "the far right"
Noun: FAR
  1. A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
    "in 1999 FAR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists";
    - Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, Interahamwe

See also: cold, distance, distant, faraway, far-off, farther, farthermost, farthest, further, furthermost, furthest, immoderate, long, off the beaten track, out of the way, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, removed, right, utmost, uttermost

Type of: foreign terrorist organisation [Brit], foreign terrorist organization, FTO, terrorist group, terrorist organisation [Brit], terrorist organization

Antonym: near

Encyclopedia: Far, Iran

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