farthest

«farthest» in Mova's school dictionary: At the greatest distance; the most far away — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (far, farther, farthest); adverb (farthest)

meaning for a pupil

1) At the greatest distance; the most far away. tree →

2) (adverb) To the greatest distance: «who can throw farthest?». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and PE, comparing distances: who jumped or threw the farthest; which planet is farthest from the Sun. It is the superlative of «far». Phrases: «the farthest point», «farthest away», «farthest from».

examples

• Neptune is the farthest planet from the Sun. tree →
• Who can throw the ball the farthest? tree →
• The farthest I have walked is 10 kilometres. tree →
• Our classroom is the farthest from the gate. tree →
• Sam lives farthest away from school. tree →
• In the long jump, Ella jumped 3 m, Jo 2.5 m and Kim 2 m, so Ella jumped farthest. tree →
• It was the farthest corner of the garden, and in it was standing a little boy. tree →

note

Forms: far, farther, farthest — or far, further, furthest. Both mean distance; «further/furthest» is more common in the UK and is also used for «more» (further help). In maths, «farthest» means the largest distance number.

In the corpora

• Neptune is the planet farthest from the Sun.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «farthest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.