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How to pronounce farthest in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms furthest


see who could jump the farthest.
chose the farthest seat from the door.
Type Words
Synonyms furthest


she goes farthest in helping us.
Type Words
Synonyms farthermost, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost


had traveled to the farthest frontier.

Examples of farthest

farthest
I think that was probably the farthest home run I've ever given up in my career.
From the heraldtribune.com
American astronomers have stumbled across one of the farthest quasars ever seen.
From the newscientist.com
The heat shield is farthest from Curiosity, about three-quarters of a mile away.
From the science.time.com
They're as legalistic, intolerant and apocalyptic as those on the farthest right.
From the kentucky.com
Traveling farthest for the festivities was Gregory Castle, who flew in from Utah.
From the delawareonline.com
Richmond said that's a good time for one of the farthest reaches of the county.
From the courier-journal.com
Place him in a crate and keep him in a room farthest from any holiday activities.
From the thenewstribune.com
Rachel Alexandra will start from the farthest outside spot in the 13-horse field.
From the washingtonpost.com
After all, if you have to make somebody unhappy, choose the people farthest away.
From the newsobserver.com
More examples
  • To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest"
  • Farthermost: (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"
  • Superlative form of far: most far. Most distant in time, space or degree; Superlative form of far: most far. To the greatest degree or extent, or to the most distant point in time or space
  • 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"
  • Army for the Liberation of Rwanda: 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"
  • To a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"
  • At or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
  • Being of a considerable distance or length; "a far trek"
  • 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?"