further

To help something move forward, grow, or succeed.

• The course will further your career.
• She used her influence to further the cause.
• These talks have furthered our efforts to achieve peace.

Similar words: advance, promote

Opposites: hinder

Common phrases: further your career, further a cause, further someone’s interests, further someone’s goals

More or extra, in addition to what already exists.

• Call us for further information.
• Do you have any further questions?
• The road is closed until further notice.

Similar words: additional, extra, more

Common phrases: further information, further details, further questions

At a greater distance than something else.

• Use the further door.
• They waited on the further bank.
• The further end of the road was dark.

Similar words: farther, more distant

Opposites: nearer, closer

Common phrases: further end, further side, further shore, further gate

To or at a greater distance in space or time.

• We walked further today.
• The village is further away than I thought.
• Her memories reach further back than mine.

How to use it: further than someone/something (We walked further than the other group.)

Similar words: farther

Common phrases: walk further, further away, further back

To a greater degree, or more than before.

• Prices fell further this week.
• We need to discuss this further.
• The new rules could further complicate the process.

Similar words: more

Common phrases: improve further, reduce further, discuss further

At or to a distance greater than a stated point or limit.

• We walked further than planned.
• The hotel is further than the museum.
• She drove further than she expected.

How to use it: further than someone/something (The shops are further than the station.)

Common phrases: further than expected, further than planned, further than someone