furthest

«furthest» 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.

part of speech

adjective (furthest); adverb (furthest) — superlative of far; also farthest

meaning for a pupil

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

2) To the greatest degree or extent: «the furthest he had ever gone». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and PE: «Who threw the ball the furthest?» means the longest distance. In geography: «the furthest planet», «the furthest point». In comparison problems, compare distances and find the largest.

examples

• Pluto is far from the Sun, but some objects are even further away. tree →
• Who jumped the furthest? tree →
• She lives the furthest from school. tree →
• Walk to the furthest tree and back. tree →
• That's the furthest I've ever swum. tree →
• The furthest town on the map is 40 km away. tree →
• "I should like to know which of us will travel furthest," said the smallest of the five; "we shall soon see now." tree →

note

Far, further, furthest; also far, farther, farthest. In UK English «furthest» is more common; in the US «farthest» is often used for distance. In maths, «furthest» = largest distance — find the maximum.

Trees and pragmatics

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