(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: 'Further' is a comparative form of 'far'. It is also a verb.
1.
Further means to a greater extent or degree.
Inflation is below 5% and set to fall ~...
The rebellion is expected to ~ damage the country’s image...
The government’s economic policies have ~ depressed living standards.
ADV: ADV with v
2.
If you go or get ~ with something, or take something ~, you make some progress.
They lacked the scientific personnel to develop the technical apparatus much ~.
ADV: ADV with v
3.
If someone goes ~ in a discussion, they make a more extreme statement or deal with a point more thoroughly.
On February 7th the Post went ~, claiming that Mr Wood had grabbed and kissed another 13 women...
To have a better comparison, we need to go ~ and address such issues as repairs and insurance.
ADV: ADV after v
4.
A ~ thing, number of things, or amount of something is an additional thing, number of things, or amount.
His speech provides ~ evidence of his increasingly authoritarian approach...
There was nothing ~ to be done for this man.
= more
ADJ: ADJ n, pron-indef ADJ
5.
Further means a greater distance than before or than something else.
Now we live ~ away from the city centre...
He came to a halt at a crossroads fifty yards ~ on...
Further to the south are some of the island’s loveliest unspoilt coves.
ADV: ADV adv/prep
6.
Further is used in expressions such as ‘~ back’ and ‘~ ahead’ to refer to a point in time that is earlier or later than the time you are talking about.
Looking still ~ ahead, by the end of the next century world population is expected to be about ten billion.
ADV: ADV adv/prep
7.
If you ~ something, you help it to progress, to be successful, or to be achieved.
Education needn’t only be about ~ing your career.
VERB: V n
8.
You use ~ to introduce a statement that relates to the same general topic and that gives additional information or makes an additional point. (FORMAL)
Dodd made no appeal of his death sentence and, ~, instructed his attorney to sue anyone who succeeds in delaying his execution.
= moreover
ADV: ADV with cl
9.
Further to is used in letters in expressions such as ‘~ to your letter’ or ‘~ to our conversation’, in order to indicate what you are referring to in the letter. (BRIT FORMAL)
Further to your letter, I agree that there are some presentational problems, politically speaking.
PREP-PHRASE