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further

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1. further - Adjective

2. further - Verb

3. further - Adverb

Derived from far

5. further - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

More remote; at a greater distance; more in advance; farther; as, the further end of the field. See Farther.

Beyond; additional; as, a further reason for this opinion; nothing further to suggest.

To help forward; to promote; to advance; to forward; to help or assist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. Isaac Newton

The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole. James Meade

We are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further. Richard Dawkins

A good bell is heard from far, a bad one still further. Finnish Proverb

Go as far as you can see, and when you get there you'll see further. Persian Proverb

Go further and fare worse. Persian Proverb

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