farthest

adjective far·thest \ ˈfär-t͟həst \

Updated on: 30 Mar 2018

Definition of farthest

: most distant especially in space or time

the farthest frontier

the seat farthest from the door

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Examples of farthest in a Sentence

the farthest reaches of space
for privacy and quiet, we requested a hotel room that was farthest from the elevator

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Yeah, there's shuttle service between your dorm and your farthest class, but a 20-minute walk to campus and 20-minute walk home is 40 minutes of exercise without stepping foot in the gym.

— elizabeth narins, Cosmopolitan, "30 Ways to Stay Fit When You Get to College," 26 Aug. 2016
In addition to the blind bogey awards, there will be prizes for early bird registrations, farthest travel, biggest fish, even prizes for those who don’t catch any fish or choose to catch and release.

— ernie cowan outdoors, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Sierra fishing trip beckons," 5 Mar. 2018
It was reworked and woven into American lore, most famously by Bernard Malamud, who, in The Natural, turned it into a kind of myth: There’s a ballplayer, Roy Hobbs, from beyond the farthest city light, who, at 15, can already do everything.

— rich cohen, SI.com, "The Chilling Story of Eddie Waitkus and His Encounter with an Obsessed Cubs Fan," 13 Sep. 2017
Free to enter, the all-evening contest pits rollers vs. rollers aiming for those smallest, farthest circles and biggest —$1,000 — purse.

— lauren mccutcheon, Philly.com, "Beach race, bacon fest, and other things to do down the Shore Sept. 1-7," 30 Aug. 2017
But tucked away in the farthest corner of the same cavernous room, far from his brash and bold teammates, is where linebacker Luke Kuechly quietly hangs his jersey.

— jodie valade, New York Times, "Linebacker Luke Kuechly Quietly Leads a Brash Panthers Defense," 16 Jan. 2016
The tire fire is still smoldering at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex despite new coach P.J. Fleck shouldering a half-mile of line from the farthest hydrant.

— brian murphy, Twin Cities, "Murphy: Richard Pitino pumping brakes on Gophers hype," 10 Jan. 2017
The story goes that some guests at Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in 1773 were seeing who could throw an iron bar the farthest.

— steve fryer, Orange County Register, "Fryer: Lakers again hoping to benefit from Magic’s touch," 22 June 2017
The Pacific species was generally more warty, with its farthest arm wart from the body extending further out along the arm than was found on its Atlantic cousin.

— joanna klein, New York Times, "Decoding Octopus Species, One Wart at a Time," 9 June 2017

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First Known Use of farthest

14th century

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farthest

adverb

Definition of farthest

1 : to or at the greatest distance in space or time

who can jump the farthest

2 : to the most advanced point

goes farthest toward answering the question

3 : by the greatest degree or extent : most

the painting farthest removed from reality

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Examples of farthest in a Sentence

He chose the seat farthest from the door.
We had a contest to see who could hit a golf ball the farthest.
This plan goes farthest toward achieving our goal.
Of all the paintings, this one is the farthest removed from reality.

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The European Space Agency’s Planck satellite provided some of the farthest-out imagery, the heat map of the cosmos that can show us the incubators of tomorrow’s galaxies.

— john schwartz, New York Times, "At the Hayden Planetarium, a Joyride Across the Cosmos," 9 Mar. 2018
Here’s an idea: Whoever goes farthest into the tournament gets to keep the nickname.

— charles curtis, For The Win, "Ranking all 68 of the 2018 NCAA tournament teams by mascot," 13 Mar. 2018
One of the biggest and farthest reaching charities in America.

— sam mellinger, kansascity, "Mellinger Minutes: Chiefs’ ceiling, Royals’ plan, Marcus Peters, Star Wars, burning tables, and charities," 19 Dec. 2017
Hefner likes to wait for even the farthest-flung clippings to arrive in the mail so that there will be no loose ends or missing links, no late additions that force him to start a new set of photos on the left-hand page.

— chris jones, Esquire, "The House of Hugh Hefner," 28 Sep. 2017
Our $5 went farthest here, yielding a big bag of delicious candy and 65 cents change.

— erin ben-moche, chicagotribune.com, "How much candy can you get with $5? We take a fiver and a sweet tooth to Chicago stores," 1 Aug. 2017
Most of the existential fear today comes from concerns over North Korea, but the reality is that North Korea’s farthest-reaching nuclear missile can reach only as far as Guam, according to Al Jazeera.

— elizabeth king, Longreads, "Two-And-a-Half Minutes to Midnight: Our Fear of Nukes and How We Got Here," 22 June 2017

First Known Use of farthest

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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FARTHEST Defined for English Language Learners

farthest

adjective

Definition of farthest for English Language Learners

: most distant in space or time

farthest

adverb

Definition of farthest for English Language Learners

: to or at the greatest distance in space or time
: to the most advanced point
: by the greatest degree or extent

FARTHEST Defined for Kids

farthest

adjective far·thest \ ˈfär-t͟həst \

Definition of farthest for Students

: most distant

the farthest end of the beach

farthest

adverb

Definition of farthest for Students

1 : to or at the greatest distance in space or time

She ran farthest.

2 : to the most advanced point

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