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# farther

adverb, adjective (far, farther, farthest)

«farther» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Farther means more far, a longer way away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#m1)
2. Farther can also mean more forward or onward: walk farther. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#m2)

### In the lessons

maths: comparisons of distance; «how much farther» asks for a difference (subtract); «n farther» adds n; PE: who threw or jumped farther; everyday life: farther down the road

### Examples

- Tom ran 5 km and Ben ran 2 km farther. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x1)
- How much farther is the park than the shop? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x2)
- Who threw the ball farther? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x3)
- She lives 3 miles farther away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x4)
- The beach is farther than the lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x5)
- We can't walk any farther. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x6)
- Her paper plane flew farther than mine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x7)
- "Is it much farther?" asked Proserpina. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/#x8)

### Note

Compare distances: «n farther» adds n; «how much farther» subtracts. Trap: read who is farther before subtracting. «Further» is also fine for distance, and also means more or extra (further help).

## In Jewish tradition

Here it is a slip for "further" (the text says "Miller farther says"), meaning "also" or "in addition"; it is not about distance. In the primary lessons: maths: comparisons of distance; «how much farther» asks for a difference (subtract); «n farther» adds n; PE: who threw or jumped farther; everyday life: farther down the road

### Examples

- Miller farther says: "The discovery of zero, as used above, implies its use in positional arithmetic. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/farther/#x1)

### Note

Compare distances: «n farther» adds n; «how much farther» subtracts. Trap: read who is farther before subtracting. «Further» is also fine for distance, and also means more or extra (further help).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «farther» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/farther/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«farther» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/farther.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «farther» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/farther/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«farther» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/farther.html) on Mova free.