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Definitions: Faraway |
FarawayAdjective1. Very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times". 2. Far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "faraway" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FARAWAY | English | Fusion of radar and ADS data through two way data link | Computing, Transportation |
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Synonym: FarawaySynonym: far-off (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Faraway |
| English words defined with "faraway": far-off. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Faraway Hill (1946) | |
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| "Faraway" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.84% of the time. "Faraway" is used about 95 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.84% | 92 | 34,282 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.16% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 95 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "faraway": faraway lands ♦ faraway look ♦ faraway places ♦ with a faraway look. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
faraway | 32 |
faraway so close | 12 |
faraway magic tree | 5 |
faraway tree | 4 |
close faraway so stay | 4 |
faraway farm | 4 |
faraway holiday | 3 |
a faraway place | 3 |
faraway vol.2 | 3 |
the land of faraway | 3 |
apocalypse faraway | 3 |
apocalypse faraway lyrics | 3 |
faraway holiday last minute | 3 |
faraway inn | 2 |
the faraway horse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "faraway"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | largësi (carry, distance, milage, mileage, offset, race, space, way), i largët (distant, far, far off, long run, odd, off, out of the way, outer, remote, removed, slight, vague, way out), i humbur (dupe, forfeit, gone, lorn, loser, losing, lost, missing, stray, strayed, waste), ëndërrues (air-monger, castle builder, daydreamer, dreamer, fanciful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متباعد (distant, far, remote, separate), حالم (dreamer, dreamt, dreamy, moonstruck, starry eyed, visionary), ذاهل (absent, at sea, distracted, distraught, moonstruck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | отдавнашен (far, long, old), отдалечен (back, distant, far, far off, inland, off, out, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, remote, removed, ulterior, unget-at-able), замечтан (dreamy, languishing, languorous, moony, pensive), блуждаещ (errant, erratic, excursive, planetary, vacant, vagrant), далечен (alien, distant, far, long, long distance, out-, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 遥远 (Distant, Remote, remoteness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zasnìný (dreamy, lost in dreams), vzdálený (distant, far, far flung, off, off the beaten track, outlying, remote, remove), nepřítomný (absent, blank, vacant), daleký (distant, far, long). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پریشان (Disconsolate, Disheveled, Heartsick), پرت (Aback, Desultory, Hurl, Remote, Solitary, Wide), خیلی دور, دورافتاده (Away, Outland, Outlying, Recluse, Unfrequented). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lointain (far, far off), loin (far, far away, too far). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | weitentfernt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολύ μακριά (far), απομακρυσμένοσ (distant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רחוק (away, distance, distant, far, long, off, remoteness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | távoli (beyond the mark, distant, far, far off, far-off, off, outlying, remote, removed), messzi (distant, far, far-off, off, remote), távolról felvett kép, távol fekvő (far, far-off), messzi háttér. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | lontano (a long way, absent, afar, aloof, apart, away, back, distant, distantly, faint, far, far afield, far off, in the distance, off, remote, slight, way, wide), distante (aloof, dislodges, distant, far, far away, off, remote), assente (absent, absentee, blank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 遥か彼方 (far-off), (remoteness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ゆうえ" (charming, deep and remote, elegant, fascinating, grand, remoteness), はるかかなた (far-off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arawayfay unidade de capacidade, remoto (ancient, asunder, away, back, distant, farraginous, farthest, long run, olden, out, out of the way, outlandish, outmaneuver, remote), longe (afar, afield, away, far, far and away, off, outlying, way), longínquo (outlying, remote), distante (apart, asunder, away, distant, far, long run, off, off and on, offish, outlandish, outlying, remote, removed). (various references) далекий (distant, far, outlying, remote). (various references) dalek (alien, aloof, far, far flung, far off, farther, remote, removed). (various references) remoto (ancient, distant, far, far off, lonely, outside, remote, removed), preocupado (concerned, disquiet, preoccupied, qualmish, solicitous, troubled, worried), muy lejos (a far cry from, far afield), lejano (distant, far, far off, farther, out of the way, outlying, remote, vital), distraído (absent, absentminded, absent-minded, abstracted, amusing, casual, distracted, distrait, dreamy, entertaining, heedless, inattentive, lackadaisical, moony, unobservant, untidy, vacant, vague, wandering), abstraído (absentminded, abstracted, bemused, preoccupied). (various references) frånvarande (absent, absent minded, absentee, absently, dreamy, far off, preoccupied), drömmande (dreamy, far off), avlägsen (distant, far, far away, far off, far out, far-off, out of the way, outlying, outlying land, remote, removed). (various references) ห่างไกล. (various references) uzun (extended, far off, interminable, Lang, lengthy, long, long-, macro-, maxi-, prolix, prolonged, tall), uzak (a long way off, afar, aloof, away, back, distant, far, far away, far off, insofar, off, out of the way, outlandish, outlying, recluse, remote, standoffish), hayal aleminde, dalgın (absent, absent minded, abstracted, deep, distrait, dreamy, engrossed, far away, far off, glassy, lost, meditative, moony, pensive, plunged in thought, preoccupied, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, self-absorbed, stargazer, thoughtful, unheedful, vacant, vacuous, vague, wandering, wistful, woolgathering), dalıp gitmiş (far off, ruminant, self-absorbed). (various references) неуважний (absent, absentminded, abstracted, careless, distrait, erratic, forgetful, inadvertent, inattentive, inconsiderate, incurious, inobservant, mused, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, oscitant, outward, unmindful, vague), замріяний (bemused, moony, mused), далекий (far, long distance, off, old, out of the way, outlying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Faraway" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Badawai, farakat, fayawan, fucawi, Karawya. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "faraway" (pronounced fÄ"ruwā) |
| 3 | -u w ā | cutaway. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-f-r-w-y" | |
-3 letters: afar, away, awry, fray, raya, wary. | |
-4 letters: arf, awa, far, fay, fry, raw, ray, rya, war, way, wry, yar, yaw. | |
-5 letters: aa, ar, aw, ay, fa, ya. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 72 61 77 61 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- .-. .- .--. .- -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110111 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a r a w a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0072 0061 0077 0061 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40678467896791 |
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