Away vs. Far

By Jaxson

  • Away (adverb)

    From a place, hence.

    “He went away on vacation.”

  • Away (adverb)

    Aside; off; in another direction.

  • Away (adverb)

    From a state or condition of being; out of existence.

  • Away (adverb)

    Come away; go away; take away.

  • Away (adverb)

    On; in continuance; without intermission or delay.

    “sing away”

  • Away (adverb)

    Without restraint.

    “You’ve got questions? Ask away!”

  • Away (adverb)

    Being so engaged for the entire time.

    “That’s where tourists go to hear great Cuban bands and dance the night away.”

  • Away (adverb)

    At a distance in time or space.

    “Christmas is only two weeks away.”

  • Away (interjection)

    come on!; go on!

  • Away (adjective)

    Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation.

    “The master is away from home.”

    “Would you pick up my mail while I’m away.”

  • Away (adjective)

    At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively.

    “He’s miles away by now.”

    “Spring is still a month away.”

  • Away (adjective)

    Not on one’s home territory.

    “Next, they are playing away in Dallas.”

  • Away (adjective)

    Out.

    “Two men away in the bottom of the ninth.”

  • Far (adjective)

    Distant; remote in space.

    “He went to a far land.”

  • Far (adjective)

    Remote in time.

  • Far (adjective)

    Long. en

  • Far (adjective)

    More remote or longer of two.

    “He moved to the far end of the state. She remained at this end.”

  • Far (adjective)

    Extreme, as measured from some central position.

    “We are on the far right on this issue.”

  • Far (adjective)

    Widely different in nature or quality; opposite in character.

  • Far (adjective)

    Outside the currently selected segment in a segmented memory architecture.

    “far heap; far memory; far pointer”

  • Far (adverb)

    Distant in space, time or degree.

    “My house is quite far from the beach.”

    “The plan is good, but it is far from being flawless.”

  • Far (adverb)

    To or from a great distance, time, or degree.

    “You have all come far and you will go farther.”

  • Far (adverb)

    Very much.

    “He was far richer than we’d thought.”

  • Far (noun)

    Spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta), especially in the context of Roman use of it.

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