further

Pronunciation: ['fә:ðә]

Average Rank: 801

Source: ECDICT

a. 更远的, 此外的, 更多的 vt. 促进, 增进, 助长 adv. 更进一步地, 更远地, 此外

s. more distant in especially degree
r. to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)
r. in addition or furthermore; further, they should be here already"

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts

0: far

1: r

Present Participle: furthering

Past Participle: furthered

Past: furthered

3rd Person: furthers

Word Frequency Rankings

#240

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.6% (Top 97.6% most frequent)

97.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#1663

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 83.4% (Top 83.4% most frequent)

83.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#501

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.0% (Top 95.0% most frequent)

95.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.