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# faraway

«faraway» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long distance away** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (faraway); also far away (adverb phrase)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Faraway means a long distance away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#m1)

2) A faraway look means someone is dreaming and not paying attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and fairy tales: «in a faraway land», «faraway places». In everyday life a dreamy pupil has a faraway look. Before a noun write «faraway» as one word; after a verb write «far away» as two.

### examples

- Once upon a time, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x1)
- She dreamed of faraway places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x2)
- We heard a faraway train whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x3)
- He had a faraway look in his eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x4)
- My cousin lives far away, in Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x5)
- The stars are faraway suns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x6)
- The castle stood on a faraway hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x7)
- But these were so loud that they could be heard by the faraway hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/#x8)

### note

One word before a noun: «a faraway land». Two words after a verb: «It is far away». Same meaning as «distant».

### In the corpora

- [A blurry or faraway photo is not real proof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/434-the-friend-with-a-ps6/29/)
- [Playing online with faraway friends should be done with your parents' agreement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/33/)
- [Sound spreads out in every direction and gets weaker with distance, so a faraway shout is faint.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/19-bangs-and-loud-sounds-firecrackers-and-ears/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «faraway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/faraway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.