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Added 7 October 2026

far

/fɑː/ symbol

In Latin: procul, remōtus Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Fataleka.

adjective

Distant; remote in space.
He went to a far land.
Remote in time.
the far far future
Long. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

adverb

To, from or over a great distance in space, time or other extent.
You have all come far and you will go further.
Very much; by a great amount.
He was far richer than we'd thought.

verb

To send far away.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English ferre, fer, Old English feor, feorr, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

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