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as far as

as far as conjunction: to the degree or extent that.

Conjunction

as far as

  1. To the degree or extent that.
    • as far as the eye can see
    • As far as the financing is concerned, there will be no problems.
  2. (proscribed) Used without any completion, usually to imply "to the degree or extent that ... is/are concerned".
    • As far as the policies and procedures under which these companies operate, we keep a very close eye on that.
    Synonyms:
    regarding

Preposition

as far as

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, far, as.
    • as far as the next town
    Synonyms:
    as to
  2. (proscribed, sometimes, see usage note) With respect to; as relates to.
    • As far as financing, there will be no problems.
    • As far as food—still no nausea or problems.2004, Susan Maria Leach, Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery (non-fiction), HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 21

as far as meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

as far as in Tamil

வரை, அந்தம், வரையும், வரைக்கும்

as far as in Marathi

as far as, unto
अंत anta

as far as in Urdu

as far as
تا tā

as far as in Telugu

as far as, as much as, to the extent of
దాక dāka
More languagesFewer languages
as far as in Sanskrit
यावत् yā́vat

Examples of as far as in a sentence

  • As far as the choice makes any difference, I prefer the second option.
  • I'll help you as far as I can.
  • As far as food, the fire department will have hot dogs and brats.2007 July 28, “Stateline Area News in Brief”, in Beloit Daily News (Broadsheet):
  • As far as food, Courville had expected to have his pick of barbecue and beef jerky […]2007 July 27, Jodi Rogstad, “The lure of the frontier echoes far”, in Wyoming Tribune Eagle:
  • "We put a lot of emphasis into the training of our staff, as far as food knowledge, wine knowledge," he said.2007 August 5, Susan Frick Carlman, “Pasta and more”, in Naperville Sun:

Synonyms of as far as

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Words formed from as far as

Questions about as far as

What does as far as mean?
As far as means to the degree or extent that.
What is as far as in Tamil?
As far as in Tamil is வரை, அந்தம், வரையும். See As far as meaning in Tamil.
How do you use as far as in a sentence?
As far as the choice makes any difference, I prefer the second option.
What part of speech is as far as?
As far as can be a conjunction or a preposition.

Words near as far as in the dictionary

  1. as demure as an old whore at a christening
  2. as easy as rolling off a log
  3. as ever
  4. as ever trod shoe leather
  5. as ever trod shoe-leather
  6. as far as
  7. as far as I am concerned
  8. as far as I'm concerned
  9. as far as one can tell
  10. as far as one is concerned
  11. as far as one knows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: as far as (page history and authors); as far as (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अंत (Marathi) (page history and authors); تا (Urdu) (page history and authors); దాక (Telugu) (page history and authors); यावत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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