furthest
pronunciation
How to pronounce furthest in British English:
UK [ˈfɜːðɪst]
How to pronounce furthest in American English:
US [ˈfɜːrðɪst]
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- Adjective:
- (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
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- Adverb:
- to the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense)
- to the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense)
Word Origin
- furthest (adj., adv.)
- late 14c., formed as superlatives to further (adj. and adv.).
Example
- 1. Morocco 's king seems prepared to go furthest fastest .
- 2. Although similar rules are on the way elsewhere america has gone furthest down this road .
- 3. Mr. romney has traveled perhaps the furthest of either candidate during the course of the campaign .
- 4. High kerbside rates are a sign that the government 's lending restrictions have at last begun to bite , even on the furthest fringes of finance .
- 5. It shows that greece 's economic clock has been turned back furthest : it has been rewound by over 12 years .