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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#m1)

2) To the greatest degree or extent: «the furthest he had ever gone». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x1)
- Who jumped the furthest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x2)
- She lives the furthest from school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x3)
- Walk to the furthest tree and back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x4)
- That's the furthest I've ever swum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x5)
- The furthest town on the map is 40 km away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x6)
- "I should like to know which of us will travel furthest," said the smallest of the five; "we shall soon see now." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/#x7)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/furthest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.