Definition of "far" in English

adjective

1. Distant; remote in space.

   • He went to a far land.

2. Remote in time.

   • the far far future

3. Long.

4. More remote of two.

   • See those two mountains? The ogre lives on the far one.
   • He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.

5. Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

   • They are on the far right on this issue.

6. Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

7. (programming, not comparable) Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

   • far heap; far memory; far pointer

adverb

1. To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

   • You have all come far and you will go further.
   • He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.
   • Over time, his views moved far away from mine.
   • You've gone far enough. Actually, a bit too far.

2. Very much; by a great amount.

   • He was far richer than we'd thought.
   • The expense far exceeds what I expected.
   • I saw a tiny figure far below me.

verb

1. (transitive, rare) To send far away.

noun

1. Emmer (a type of wheat), especially in the context of Roman use of it.

noun

1. (UK, dialect) A litter of piglets; a farrow.