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Definition: Furthermost |
FurthermostAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "furthermost" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1873. (references) |
Synonyms: FurthermostSynonyms: farthermost (adj), farthest (adj), furthest (adj), utmost (adj), uttermost (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Furthermost |
| English words defined with "furthermost": farthermost, farthest, furthest ♦ utmost, uttermost. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "furthermost": adit end. (references) |
| "Furthermost" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Furthermost" is used about 8 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 (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "furthermost"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | më i largët (extreme, farther, farthermost, farthest, furthest, hindmost, rearmost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأشد بعدا, الأبعد (farthermost, farthest, furthest, outmost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | най-преден (headmost), най-далечен (endmost, farthermost, farthest, furthest, ultimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nejvzdálenìjší (extreme, ultimate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | le plus lointain (furthermore, furthest), le plus éloigné (furthest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | am weitesten entfernt sein. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πιό μακρινόσ (furthest), απώτατοσ (farthermost, farthest, furthest, outmost, remotest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רחוק ביותר (farthermost, farthest, uttermost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | legtávolabbi (extreme, farthermost, farthest, furthest, off, outermost, utmost, uttermost), legmesszebb fekvõ (furthest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | il più lontano (farthest, furthest, utmost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | odjey (longer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urthermostfay mais longínquo, mais distante (farther, further, utmost). (various references) extrem (abject, exceeding, excessive, extreme, extremely, furthest, greatest, highest, like hell, outermost, paramount, steep, supreme, ultimate, unmitigated, utmost, uttermost), cel mai îndepãrtat (farther, farthest, furthest). (various references) самый дальний (farthermost, farthest, furthest). (various references) najdalji (further, furthest, utmost), krajnji (crass, externally, extreme, last, marginal, outermost, terminal, ultimate, ultra, utmost, uttermost). (various references) más lejos (beyond, farther, further, further away, furthest), más lejano (farther, farthest, further, furthest, utmost, uttermost). (various references) ytterst (exceedingly, extreme, extremely, farthest, furthest, in the extreme, last, most, outermost, outmost, outside, uterly, utmost, utterly, very), borterst (extreme, farthermost, farthest), avlägsnast (furthest). (various references) ไกลที่สุ" (endmost). (various references) uçtaki, en uzak (endmost, far flung, farthermost, farthest, furthest, outermost, outmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), en ilerideki. (various references) найдальший (endmost, farthermost, outmost). (various references) xa hơn hết. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-h-m-o-r-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: frotteurs. | |
-3 letters: frotteur, furthers, furthest, mouthers, murthers, thruster, thrustor, tortures. | |
-4 letters: ferrous, ferrums, formers, fourths, fuhrers, furores, further, hurters, mothers, mouther, murther, mutters, oestrum, outsert, reforms, retorts, rhetors, rostrum, rotters, rouster, routers, shorter, shouter, shutter, smother, souther, stertor, stouter, termors, thermos, torture, tourers, touters, tremors, trouser, truster, trustor, tufters, turrets. | |
-5 letters: estrum, femurs, ferrum. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 72 74 68 65 72 6D 6F 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. ..- .-. - .... . .-. -- --- ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110101 01110010 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101101 01101111 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u r t h e r m o s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0072 0074 0068 0065 0072 006D 006F 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4087848674718479818586 |
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