further
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Is further a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To help forward; to assist.Examples: "In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor, In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen To further euerie action to the beſt."; "Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land.""transitive
2. (transitive) To encourage growth; to support progress or growth of something; to promote.Examples: "Further the economy."; "to further the peace process"transitive
adj (English)
1. (comparative form of far) More distant; relatively distant.Examples: "See those two lampposts? Run to the further one."; "He was standing at the further end of the corridor."not-comparable
adv (English)
1. (comparative form of far) To, at or over a greater distance in space, time or other extent.Examples: "I can run further than you."; "I live a little further out of town."; "How was your company doing ten years further back?"not-comparable
2. (comparative form of far) To a greater extent or degree.Examples: "Of the two civilisations, this one was further advanced."; "I do not propose to discuss it any further. - Please, let me explain just a little further."not-comparable
3. (conjunctive) Also; in addition; furthermore; moreover.Examples: "It is overlong, and further, it makes no sense."; "I claim furthermore that he did not own the company but only worked there."; "Further, besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics, which occupy an intermediate position,[…]."conjunctivenot-comparable
4. (with to) Following on (from).Examples: "Further to our recent telephone call, I am writing to clarify certain points raised."; "This example is further to the one on page 17."; "The Court notes that the applicant’s registration by the StB as their “agent” lies at the heart of the application. Although the Court has no jurisdiction ratione temporis to examine the registration as such, it observes that, further to his registration, the applicant was issued with a negative security clearance and his name and reputation were called into question."not-comparable
Definition source: Wiktionary