Definition/Meaning of further

• English - Verb: further ( third-person singular simple present furthers , present participle furthering , simple past and past participle furthered ) ( transitive ) To encourage growth . Further the economy . To support progress or growth of something . Derived terms furtherance furtherment Translations
• English - Adjective: further comparative form of far : more far ; of or pertaining to being distant , or of greater distance in degree or of extension in time . More , additional . Derived terms furtherdom furtherhood furtherness furthermore Translations
• English - Adverb: further ( not comparable ) comparative form of far : more far ( conjunctive ) Also; in addition to . 1924 , Aristotle , W . D . Ross (translator), Metaphysics , Book 1 , Part 6 , Further , besides sensible things and Forms he says there are the objects of mathematics , which occupy an intermediate position , [ … ] . ( location ) At greater distance in space or time; farther . Washington DC is…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English further , forther , from Old English furþor ( “ further ” , adj ), from Proto-Germanic *furþeraz , 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…
• English - Pronunciation: enPR: fûr′ th ər IPA (key) : /fɜː(r)ðə(r)/ Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ðə(r)