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FAR
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Irregular inflected forms: farther , further
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again
Example:
in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists
Synonyms:
ALIR; Army for the Liberation of Rwanda; FAR; Former Armed Forces; Interahamwe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Instance hypernyms:
foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Domain region:
Ruanda; Rwanda; Rwandese Republic (a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Located at a great distance in time or space or degree
Example:
far in the future
Classified under:
Similar:
cold (of a seeker; far from the object sought)
distant; remote (located far away spatially)
distant; remote; removed (separate or apart in time)
far-off; faraway (very far away in space or time)
farther (more distant in especially space or time)
farthermost; farthest; furthermost; furthest; utmost; uttermost ((comparatives of 'far') most remote in space or time or order)
farther; further (more distant in especially degree)
off the beaten track; out-of-the-way; out of the way (remote from populous or much-traveled regions)
outlying (relatively far from a center or middle)
Attribute:
distance (the property created by the space between two objects or points)
Antonym:
near (not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances)
Derivation:
farness (the property of being remote)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Being of a considerable distance or length
Example:
a far trek
Classified under:
Similar:
long (primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified)
Derivation:
farness (the property of being remote)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Beyond a norm in opinion or actions
Example:
the far right
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
immoderate (beyond reasonable limits)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle
Example:
the right side is the far side of the horse
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
right (being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
At or to or from a great distance in space
Example:
sat far away from each other
Classified under:
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remote in time
Example:
all that happened far in the past
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
To a considerable degree; very much
Example:
eyes far too close together
Classified under:
Adverbs
Sense 4
Meaning:
At or to a certain point or degree
Example:
how far can we get with this kind of argument?
Classified under:
Adverbs
Sense 5
Meaning:
To an advanced stage or point
Example:
a young man who will go very far
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
To the north, and not far away, a group of naked rocks thrust above the sea, on one of which I could distinguish a lighthouse.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I was so far right, that she had no other companion.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
His was a better, far better, nervous, mental, and muscular co-ordination.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
The two Siwashes put crosses opposite their signatures, received a summons to appear on the morrow with all their tribe for a further witnessing of things, and were allowed to go.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
A further knowledge of facts is necessary before I would venture to give a final and definite opinion.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And in so far I was doubtless right.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Just then one of the customers at the far side rose suddenly and made for the door.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Well, how far is it from Port Mahon to Algeciras?
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“It is easy to see, friend, that you were born far from the marches of Scotland,” quoth the stranger, with a bitter smile.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And you, my friend, would be far more amused with the journal of Clerval, who observed the scenery with an eye of feeling and delight, than in listening to my reflections.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
