farthest

[fahr-thist]

adjective

1. most distant or remote.

2. most extended; longest.

adverb

1. at or to the greatest distance.

2. at or to the most advanced point.

3. at or to the greatest degree or extent.

farthest

/ ˈfɑːðɪst /

adverb

1. to or at the greatest distance in space or time

adjective

1. most distant in space or time

2. most extended

Word History and Origins

Origin of farthest¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ferthest; originally variant of furthest, superlative of further

Word History and Origins

Origin of farthest¹

C14 ferthest , from ferther _further

Example Sentences

“I live five kilometers from the hospital where I was born. And that’s the farthest I can be,” he says.

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Woo flies the highest and the farthest, but he uses his nimble limbs to catch a tree branch and break his fall.

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Instead he retreated to the farthest corner of the nursery, where he began building tall, wobbly towers out of square wooden blocks that he then proceeded to tip over with barely a hint of satisfaction.

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They drove all the way out to the farthest fields, to a little roundabout at the very end of the driveway.

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The Coliseum was the place where you “could see ’em” yesterday — from front row celebrities to the farthest Joe Fan — as Los Angeles welcomed its newest “lodger” — El Dodger — in championship style.

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Related Words

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