far

/fɑɹ/
adjectiveadverbnoun

Distant; remote in space.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 4 meanings

  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.”

Adverb 2 meanings

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

    “You have all come far and you will go further.”

  2. Very much; by a great amount.

    “He was far richer than we'd thought.”

Noun 1 meaning

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

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

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FAR at a glance

FAR has 3 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + R 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #277 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with far

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  • AFAR7
  • INSOFAR10
  • SHOFAR12
  • SOFAR8
  • ZAFFAR21
  • OVERFAR13

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