What is the meaning of further?

verb

• Promote the growth of.
  • usage: "Foster our children's well-being and education"
  • synonyms: foster
• Contribute to the progress or growth of.
  • usage: "I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom"
  • synonyms: promote, advance, boost, encourage

adjective

• Located at a great distance in time or space or degree.
  • usage: "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future"
  • synonyms: far
• Being of a considerable distance or length.
  • usage: "a far trek"
  • synonyms: far
• Being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle.
  • usage: "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse"
  • synonyms: far
• Beyond a norm in opinion or actions.
  • usage: "the far right"
  • synonyms: far
• More distant in especially degree.
  • usage: "nothing could be further from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther from the truth"; "farther from our expectations"
  • synonyms: farther

adverb

• To a considerable degree; very much.
  • usage: "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together"
  • synonyms: far
• At or to or from a great distance in space.
  • usage: "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other"
  • synonyms: far
• At or to a certain point or degree.
  • usage: "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument"
  • synonyms: far
• Remote in time.
  • usage: "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past"
  • synonyms: far
• To an advanced stage or point.
  • usage: "a young man who will go very far"
  • synonyms: far
• To or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense. )
  • usage: "further complicated by uncertainty about the future"; "let's not discuss it further"; "nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are further along in their research than we expected"; "the application of the law was extended farther"; "he is going no farther in his studies"
  • synonyms: farther
• In addition or furthermore.
  • usage: "if we further suppose"; "stated further that he would not cooperate with them"; "they are definitely coming; further, they should be here already"
• To or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense. )
  • usage: "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further"; "further in the future"
  • synonyms: farther