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1. Meaning 1 · adjective

   Distant; remote in space.

   “He went to a far land.”

2. Meaning 2 · adjective

   Remote in time.

   “the far future”

3. Meaning 3 · adjective

   Long.

4. Meaning 4 · adjective

   More remote of two.

   “He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.”

5. Meaning 5 · adjective

   Extreme, as measured from some central or neutral position.

   “They are on the far right on this issue.”

6. Meaning 6 · adjective

   Extreme, as a difference in nature or quality.

7. Meaning 7 · adjective

   Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

   “far heap; far memory; far pointer”

8. Meaning 8 · adverb

   To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.

   “He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.”

9. Meaning 9 · adverb

   Very much; by a great amount.

   “He was far richer than we'd thought.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “He went to a far land.”
• General “the far future”
• General “He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.”
• General “They are on the far right on this issue.”
• General “far heap; far memory; far pointer”
• Everyday “He built a time machine and travelled far into the future.”
• General “He was far richer than we'd thought.”

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