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Definitions: Far Cry |
Far CryNoun1. Distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry; "it's a far cry from here". 2. A disappointing disparity; "it was a far cry from what he had expected". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Distance | Adverb: far off, far away; afar, afar off; off; away; a long way off, a great way off, a good way off; wide away, aloof; wide of, clear of; out of the way, out of reach; abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond; outre mer, over the border, far and wide, "over the hills and far away "; from pole to pole; (over great space); to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth; out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark; a far cry to. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Far Cry |
| English words defined with "far cry": A far cry. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "far cry": killer micro. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | The Far Cry (1926) A Far Cry from Home (1981) | |
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Business | Popular back in the 30's and 40's, today's vinyl flooring (no longer refered to as linoleum) is a far cry from the vinyl flooring grandma had on her kitchen floor. (references) | |
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Expressions using "far cry": A far cry ♦ a far cry from ♦ a far cry to ♦ it is a far cry from. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
far cry | 111 |
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| Language | Translations for "far cry"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רב ""ב"ל בין לבין (it is a far cry from). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | nagy távolság, nagy különbség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arfay ycray muito longe (a far cry from). (various references) drum lung, distanţã bunã, contrast izbitor. (various references) большое расстояние. (various references) muy lejos (a far cry from, far afield, faraway), dista mucho de (it is a far cry from). (various references) farklı (a far cry, a far cry from, another, different, discrete, disparate, dissimilar, distinct, divergent, diverse, divided, hetero-, incompatible, incongruous, otherwise, unlike, variant, varied), bambaşka (a far cry, a far cry from, another, disparate, quite another, utterly different), alâkası yok (it is a far cry from, no such thing, there is no such thing), çok uzak (a long way off, it is a far cry from, remote). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-r-r-y" | |
-1 letter: carry, farcy. | |
-2 letters: carr, fray, racy. | |
-3 letters: arc, arf, car, cay, cry, far, fay, fry, ray, rya, yar. | |
-4 letters: ar, ay, fa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-r-r-y" | |
+3 letters: formicary, fragrancy. | |
+4 letters: refractory. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 72 43 72 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110010 00100000 01000011 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a r   C r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0072 0043 0072 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4067842378491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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