further
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
promote the growth of
Foster our children's well-being and education
Types & categories
- encourage hypernym
Related & opposite
- bringing up derivation
- advancement derivation
- fostering derivation
Sense 2 adjective
more distant in especially degree
nothing could be further from the truth
Related & opposite
- far similar to
Sense 3 adverb
to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
further complicated by uncertainty about the future
Sense 4 verb
contribute to the progress or growth of
I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- forwarding derivation
- boost derivation
- boost derivation
- advancement derivation
- improvement derivation
- promoter derivation
- supporter derivation
- promotive derivation
Sense 5 adverb
in addition or furthermore
if we further suppose
Sense 6 adverb
to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)
farther north
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bringing up |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | advancement |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fostering |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | encourage |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | far |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | forwarding |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boost |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | boost |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | advancement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | improvement |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promoter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | supporter |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | promotive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | connive at |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | foster |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | spur |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | help |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | carry |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | feed |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | conduce |