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Definition: Farthest |
FarthestAdjective1. Most distant or remote; "man's farthest goal". 2. Comparatives of "far"; most remote in space or time or order; "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula". Adverb1. To the greatest distance in space or time (`farthest' is used more often than `furthest' in this physical sense); "see who could jump the farthest"; "chose the farthest seat from the door"; "he swam the furthest". 2. To the greatest degree or extent or most advanced stage (`furthest' is used more often than `farthest' in this abstract sense); "went the furthest of all the children in her education"; "furthest removed from reality"; "she goes farthest in helping us". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "farthest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: FarthestSynonyms: farthermost (adj), furthermost (adj), utmost (adj), uttermost (adj), furthest (adv). (additional references) |
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 | Line engraving, after a sketch by W.T. Crane, published in "The Soldier in Our Civil War", Volume II, page 39. It depicts the U.S. Navy monitors Patapsco, Passaic and Nahant firing on Fort McAllister (at far left) from the Ogeechee River. Other U.S. Navy ships are in the foreground. Montauk is the monitor in this group (farthest from the artist). Firing on the fort from the right foreground are mortar schooners, including C.P. Williams, Norfolk Packet and Para. Among other U.S. Navy ships involved were gunboats Wissahickon, Seneca and Dawn and tug Dandelion, all screw steamers. Credit: NAVY. |  | Engraving after an artwork by J.O. Davidson, published in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War", Volume I, page 489. It shows six transports at Pittsburg Landing shortly after the Battle of Shiloh, in April 1862. The original caption reads: "Of the six transports, the one farthest up stream, on the right, is the Tycoon, which was dispatched by the Cincinnati Branch of the Sanitary Commission with stores for the wounded. The next steamer is the Tigress, which was General Grant's headquarters boat during the Shiloh campaign. On the opposite side of the river is seen the gun-boat Tyler. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Episcopal Station on the Koyukuk River, the farthest north mission in Alaska. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Firemen's muster. Boothbay center, Maine. Measuring the farthest drop of water on building paper which is unrolled fresh for each team. Distances were in the neighborhood of two hundred feet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
H. W. Beecher | Of all earthly music that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart. |
Jean Paul Richter | Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | And as to conceit, he is the farthest from it of any man I know |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Colombia | Sector liberalization has progressed farthest in financial services, telecommunications, accounting/auditing, energy and tourism. (references) |
Colombia | To date, sectoral liberalization has progressed farthest in telecommunications, financial services, accounting/auditing, energy and tourism. (references) | |
Women | India | The August HRW report states that "the triple burden of caste, class, and gender effectively ensured that lower-caste women are the farthest removed from legal protections." In Kashmir Lashkar-e-Jabbar, the terrorist group that has required all Muslim women to wear a burqa (a garment which totally covers the face and body) when in public or risk retribution. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor. The man was perishing apace Who played the tambourine; The seal of death was on his face -- 'Twas pallid, for 'twas clean. "This is the end," the sick man said In faint and failing tones. A moment later he was dead, And Tambourine was Bones. Tinley Roquot |
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| "Farthest" is generally used as an adjective (superlative) -- approximately 75.82% of the time. "Farthest" is used about 91 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 |
| Adjective (superlative) | 75.82% | 69 | 40,280 |
| Adverb (general) | 24.18% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Total | 100.00% | 91 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "farthest": at the farthest ♦ farthest north. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "farthest": farthest-reaching. | |
| 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 |
farthest island near | 8 |
camp farthest | 7 |
farthest from planet sun | 2 |
farthest shore | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "farthest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në largësinë më të madhe, më i largët (extreme, farther, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, hindmost, rearmost). (various references) | |
Arabic | الأبعد (farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outmost), أقصى (extreme, maximum, most, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), أبعد ما يكون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | най-отдавнашен, най-отдалечен (extreme, farthermost, inmost, innermost, outermost, utmost, uttermost), най-далечен (endmost, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, ultimate), най-далеч (furthest). (various references) | |
Czech | nejodlehlejší (furthest), nejdále (farthermost, furthest). (various references) | |
Finnish | perimmäinen (extreme, hindmost, utmost). (various references) | |
French | plus loin (farther), plus éloigné (farthermost), le plus lointain, le plus loin, le plus éloigné. (various references) | |
German | weiteste (furthest, widest), fernste. (various references) | |
Greek | μακρύτατα (furthest), απώτατοσ (farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outmost, remotest). (various references) | |
Hebrew | רחוק ביותר (farthermost, furthermost, uttermost). (various references) | |
Hungarian | legtávolabbi (extreme, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, off, outermost, utmost, uttermost), legtávolabb, legszélső (extreme, outermost, utmost). (various references) | |
Italian | ultimo (bottom, end, extreme, final, finishing, hind, hindmost, last, late, latest, latter, past, rearmost, top, ultimate), più lontano possibile, il più lontano (furthermost, furthest, utmost), il più distante (furthest), estremo (deucedly, exceeding, extreme, furthest, last, outermost, outmost, outside, ultimate, ultra). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 最果て (the farthest ends), 極地 (farthest land, polar regions), 天外 (beyond the heavens, farthest regions). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きょくち (culmination, farthest land, limited area, locality, municipal, perfection, polar regions), さいはて (the farthest ends), て"がい (beyond the heavens, canopy, distant land, dome, farthest regions, heavenly shores, horizon, priestly minstrel's reed hood, remote region, skyline). (various references) | |
Korean | 멀리 (Afar, Far, Farther). (various references) | |
Manx | sodjey (longest), b'odjey. (various references) | |
Norwegian | fjernest, lengst. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arthestfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | o mais distante (farthermost), o último, maior distância. (various references) | |
Romanian | cel mai mult (best, most), cel mai departe (at the farthest, furthest), cel mai îndepãrtat (farther, furthermost, furthest). (various references) | |
Russian | самый дальний (farthermost, furthermost, furthest), дальше всего. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | udaljen (distant, far off, farther, out of the way, outlying, remote, removed), najudaljeniji (farthermost, outermost), najdalje. (various references) | |
Spanish | más lejano (farther, further, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermost), más lejanamente. (various references) | |
Swedish | längst bort (extreme, farthermost), längst. (various references) | |
Turkish | en uzaktaki (farthermost), en uzakta, en uzak (endmost, far flung, farthermost, furthermost, furthest, outermost, outmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), en uzağa, en uç (extreme, farthermost), en ileriye, en ötedeki (farthermost). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | якмога далі (furthest), найтриваліший (furthest), найвіддаленіший (furthest, hindmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ulterius, ultima, ultimam, ultimo, ultimum. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 13, Verse 27 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai tote apostelei touV aggelouV autou kai episunaxei touV eklektouV autou ek twn tessarwn anemwn ap akrou ghV ewV akrou ouranou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et tunc mittet angelos suos et congregabit electos suos a quattuor ventis a summo terrae usque ad summum caeli |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Leorniað an byspell be þam fic-treowe.þanne his twi beoð mare. & leafbeoð akenned. ge witen þæt sumer is ge-hende. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thanne he schal sende hise aungelis, and schal geder hise chosun fro the foure wyndis, fro the hiyest thing of erthe til to the hiyest thing of heuene. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And then shall he sende his angels and shall gaddre to gedder his electe from the fower wyndes and from the one ende of the worlde to the other. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And then he will send his angels, and will assemble his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And then he will send out the angels, and will get together his saints from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 13, Verse 27 |
| Cebuano | Ug pagasugoon niya ang mga manolunda, ug pagahipuson niya ang iyang mga pinili gikan sa mga sugdanan sa upat ka mga hangin, gikan sa kinatumyan sa yuta hangtud sa kinatumyan sa langit. |
| Croatian | I razaslat æe anðele i sabrati svoje izabranike s èetiri vjetra, s kraja zemlje do na kraj neba." |
| Danish | Og da skal han udsende sine Engle og samle sine udvalgte fra de fire Vinde, fra Jordens Ende indtil Himmelens Ende. |
| Dutch | En alsdan zal Hij Zijn engelen uitzenden, en zal Zijn uitverkorenen bijeenvergaderen uit de vier winden, van het uiterste der aarde, tot het uiterste des hemels. |
| Finnish | Ja silloin hän lähettää enkelinsä ja kokoaa valittunsa neljältä ilmalta, maan äärestä hamaan taivaan ääreen. |
| French | Alors il enverra les anges, et il rassemblera les élus des quatre vents, de l`extrémité de la terre jusqu` l`extrémité du ciel. |
| Gaelic | An sin cuiridh e ainglean a mach, is crunnichidh e a dhaoine taghte bho na ceithir gaoithean bho iomall an talmhuinn gu iomall neamh. |
| German | Und dann wird er seine Engel senden und wird versammeln seine Auserwählten von den vier Winden, von dem Ende der Erde bis zum Ende des Himmels. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia akan mengutus malaikat-malaikat untuk mengumpulkan umat pilihan-Nya dari keempat penjuru bumi, dari ujung-ujung bumi ke ujung-ujung langit." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kemudian Ia akan menyuruhkan segala malaekat-Nya akan menghimpunkan sekalian orang yang terpilih itu daripada keempat penjuru alam, yaitu dari ujung bumi sampai ke ujung langit. |
| Italian | Ed egli mander gli angeli e riunir i suoi eletti dai quattro venti, dall'estremit della terra fino all'estremit del cielo. |
| Maori | Ko reira ano ia tono ai i ana anahera, a ka huihuia ana i whiriwhiri ai i nga hau e wha, i te pito o te whenua tae noa ki te pito o te rangi. |
| Norwegian | Og da skal han sende ut englene og samle sine utvalgte fra de fire verdenshjørner, fra jordens ende til himmelens ende. |
| Portuguese | E logo enviará os seus anjos, e ajuntará os seus eleitos, desde os quatro ventos, desde a extremidade da terra até a extremidade do céu. |
| Rumanian | Atunci va trimete pe kngerii Sqi, wi va aduna pe cei alewi din cele patru vknturi, dela marginea pqmkntului pknq la marginea cerului. |
| Shuar | Nui nayaimpinmaya suntarun akupkattajai, Wíi shuaran Ashí nunkanmayan irurarat tusan. Arakaaniya, nunkaaniya, Ashí nunka Nánkatkamunmayan Wíi shuaran irurartatui.' |
| Spanish | Después enviará a sus ángeles y reunirá a sus escogidos de los cuatro vientos, desde el extremo de la tierra hasta el extremo del cielo. |
| Swahili | Kisha atawatuma malaika wake; atawakusanya wateule wake kutoka pande zote nne za dunia, kutoka mwisho wa dunia mpaka mwisho wa mbingu. |
| Swedish | Och han skall då sända ut sina änglar och församla sina utvalda från de fyra väderstrecken, från jordens ända till himmelens ända. |
| Uma | Kuhubui mala'eka-ku hilou mporumpu tauna to kupobagia ngkai humalili' dunia', ngkai wuntu dunia' pai' ngkai wuntu langi'. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Farthest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fartfelt, fgrhist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "farthest" (pronounced fÄ"rthust) |
| 4 | -th u s t | smoothest. |
| 3 | -u s t | agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, absolutist, accompanist, ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, activist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biochemist, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, dumbest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, economist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, extremist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, firmest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grimaced, grimmest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, nonconformist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pessimist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, premised, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, promised, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, slimmest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, warmest, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-h-r-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: fathers, hafters, hatters, shatter, threats. | |
-2 letters: afresh, afters, earths, faster, father, fatter, hafter, haters, hatter, hearts, stater, strafe, strath, taster, taters, tetras, thefts, thetas, threat, treats, trefah. | |
-3 letters: after, aster, earth, fares, fates, fears, feast, feats, fetas, frats, fresh, frets, haets, hafts, hares, harts, haste, hater, hates, hears, heart, heats, hefts, rafts, rates. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-h-r-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: aftermaths, stepfather. | |
+3 letters: afterbirths, farthermost, featheriest, softhearted, stepfathers. | |
+4 letters: heterografts, shatterproof. | |
+5 letters: afterthoughts, featherstitch, softheartedly. | |
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