far (adj.)

  1. located at a great distance in time or space or degree; we come from a far country; far corners of the earth; the far future; a far journey; the far side of the road; far from the truth; far in the future'

    FAR (n.)

  1. a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again; in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists

    [ Syn: army for the liberation of rwanda , alir , former armed forces , far , interahamwe ]

    far (adv.)

  1. to a considerable degree; very much; a far far better thing that I do; felt far worse than yesterday; eyes far too close together'

  2. at or to or from a great distance in space; he traveled far; strayed far from home; sat far away from each other'

  3. at or to a certain point or degree; I can only go so far before I have to give up; how far can we get with this kind of argument?'

  4. remote in time; if we could see far into the future; all that happened far in the past'

  5. to an advanced stage or point; a young man who will go very far'

    far (adj.)

  1. being of a considerable distance or length; a far trek'

  2. being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; the horse on the right is the far horse; the right side is the far side of the horse'

  3. beyond a norm in opinion or actions; the far right'

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