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further-reaching

further-reaching is the comparative form of far-reaching.

Meaning of far-reaching

Adjective

far-reaching (comparative further-reaching or farther-reaching or more far-reaching, superlative furthest-reaching or farthest-reaching or most far-reaching)

  1. Having a broad range, scope, or influence.
    • There was, however, one proposal which, had it reached fruition, might have had far-reaching effects. This was for the amalgamation of the Caledonian, the Edinburgh & Glasgow, and the Scottish Central Railways, for which a Bill was promoted, but rejected by the Parliamentary Committee on the...1960 January, M. D. Greville, “Scottish Railways in 1860”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

Questions about further-reaching

What is further-reaching the comparative form of?
Further-reaching is the comparative form of far-reaching.

Words near further-reaching in the dictionary

  1. furthen
  2. further
  3. further education
  4. further flung
  5. further-flung
  6. further-reaching
  7. furtherance
  8. furtherances
  9. furthered
  10. furtherer
  11. furtherers

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