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Definition: Furthest |
FurthestAdjective1. 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 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". 2. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "furthest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: FurthestSynonyms: farthermost (adj), furthermost (adj), utmost (adj), uttermost (adj), farthest (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Furthest |
| English words defined with "furthest": back ♦ extreme ♦ farthermost, farthest, furthermost ♦ rear ♦ Ultima, ultimate, unanalyzable, undecomposable, utmost, uttermost. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "furthest": ballistic separation ♦ density separation ♦ foredge margin, front margin ♦ outside margin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "furthest": Eschatology. (references) |
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 | Diagram of possible sound wave paths in water Wave-path O-C-E came close to describing refractive path of sound in SOFAR layer Sound path model developed in 1930's for radio acoustic ranging work Didn't yet understand the channeling effect of the velocity minimum Furthest RAR use was out to 206 miles offshore in 1925. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Birch Island beach showing gradation of sediment from coarse pebbles to sand as one moves up from the shoreline. Seaweed is evident along "rack" line showing furthest extent of normal high tide. Wildflower seeds float in on algae and take root helping preserve sediment. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Neny Island - still unapproachable through the ice of Marguerite Bay - 68 12 S Latitude 67 03 W Longitude. Furthest point south reached by the SHACKLETON in the summer of 1962. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Graphic showing expected coverage of two TIROS satellites in orbit at same time. Note furthest north and south coverage of inclined orbit satellites. Credit: NOAA in Space. |
 | At the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 14 December 1942. Circles mark alterations made during her last overhaul, including the repair of her torpedo-damaged bow. Note railway cars on the pier, including one full of scrap material. Barges alongside the pier at right include YF-388 (furthest right) and YF-349. Credit: NAVY. |  | Underway on 20 June 1963, with F-3 "Demon", F-4B "Phantom II" and F-8 "Crusader" jet fighters on her flight deck. The two "Crusaders" parked furthest forward are from Fighter Squadron 24 (VF-24). Photographed by PH1 J.D. Osborne. Credit: NAVY. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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Matthew Prior | Who walks the fastest, but walks astray, is only furthest from his way. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Trade | Philippines | However, by one measure, the Philippines has the furthest to go among the six original ASEAN members to meet the tariff reduction commitments agreed by ASEAN in December 1998. Under these commitments, the six original ASEAN members agreed to accelerate the tariff reductions in each country's AFTA Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Inclusion List. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Furthest" is generally used as an adjective (superlative) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Furthest" is used about 267 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) | 66.67% | 178 | 23,220 |
| Adverb (general) | 33.33% | 89 | 34,931 |
| Total | 100.00% | 267 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "furthest": at the furthest ♦ furthest back. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "furthest": furthest-flung, furthest-out. | |
| 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 |
furthest | 8 |
back furthest person | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "furthest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | në shkallën më të lartë (in the extreme), më i largët (extreme, farther, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, hindmost, rearmost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الأشد أبعد, الأبعد (farthermost, farthest, furthermost, outmost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | най-далечен (endmost, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, ultimate), най-далеч (farthest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 进一步. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nejodlehlejší (farthest), nejdále (farthermost, farthest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kauimpana (furthest away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | plus loin (further), le plus lointain (furthermore, furthermost), le plus éloigné (furthermost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | weiteste (farthest, widest), weitest (furthermost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πιό μακρινόσ (furthermost), απώτατοσ (farthermost, farthest, furthermost, outmost, remotest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מרוחק ביותר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | legtávolabbi (extreme, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, off, outermost, utmost, uttermost), legmesszebb fekvõ (furthermost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | più lontano (farther, farthermost, further), il più lontano (farthest, furthermost, utmost), il più distante (farthest), estremo (deucedly, exceeding, extreme, farthest, last, outermost, outmost, outside, ultimate, ultra). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | " (further, more). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | smoo (biggest, greatest, largest, most, tallest, utmost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urthestfay extremo (extreme, high, intense, outdoor, outermost, outmost, out-of-door, outside, plaguy, supreme, surpassing, ultra, utmost, utter, uttermost). (various references) extrem (abject, exceeding, excessive, extreme, extremely, furthermost, greatest, highest, like hell, outermost, paramount, steep, supreme, ultimate, unmitigated, utmost, uttermost), cel mai departe (at the farthest, farthest), cel mai îndepãrtat (farther, farthest, furthermost). (various references) самый дальний (farthermost, farthest, furthermost). (various references) najdalji (further, furthermost, utmost). (various references) más lejos (beyond, farther, further, further away, furthermost), más lejano (farther, farthest, further, furthermost, utmost, uttermost), extremo (butt, critical, desperate, end, extreme, extremity, far, highest point, last, outer, outermost, outside, paramount, superlative, thoroughgoing, ultimate, ultra-, utmost, wing). (various references) ytterst (exceedingly, extreme, extremely, farthest, furthermost, in the extreme, last, most, outermost, outmost, outside, uterly, utmost, utterly, very), bortest. (various references) en uzak (endmost, far flung, farthermost, farthest, furthermost, outermost, outmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), en fazla (at best, at most, at the furthest, at the outside, at the utmost, at the very most, maximal, maximum, most, utmost, uttermost), en çok (at most, best, chiefly, most, veriest), azami (capacity, greatest, Max, maximal, maximum, supreme). (various references) якмога далі (farthest), найтриваліший (farthest), найвіддаленіший (farthest, hindmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Furthest" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: fgrhist. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "furthest" (pronounced fer"thust) |
| 4 | -th u s t | amethyst. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, agronomist, alarmist, alchemist, allergist, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anatomist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, animist, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, 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, 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, farthest, 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, 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, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, 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, smoothest, 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 "e-f-h-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: shutter, tufters. | |
-2 letters: thefts, thrust, truest, truths, tufter, utters. | |
-3 letters: fetus, fresh, frets, hefts, hurst, hurts, ruths, shute, strut, sturt, teths, theft, trets, trues, trust, truth, tufts, turfs, usher, utter. | |
-4 letters: efts, erst, eths, fehs, fets, feus, fret, furs, fuse, heft, hers, hest, hets, hues, hurt, huts, refs, reft, resh, rest, rets, rhus, rues. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-h-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: butterfish. | |
+3 letters: fourteenths, furthermost. | |
+4 letters: butterfishes, forethoughts, truthfulness. | |
+5 letters: afterthoughts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 75 72 74 68 65 73 74 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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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 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F u r t h e s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0075 0072 0074 0068 0065 0073 0074 |
| 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)4087848674718586 |
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