further

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   To a greater extent or degree.

   The matter was further complicated by the bad weather.

2. 2
   adv

   At or to a greater distance in space or time.

   I can run further than you.

3. 3
   adj

   More; additional.

   I have one further comment to make.

4. 4
   adv

   In addition; moreover.

   The plan is too expensive; further, it would take years to finish.

5. 5
   verb

   To help something develop or succeed.

   She took the job to further her career.

From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).

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