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We usually use far only in questions and negative sentences, and after too and so : Is it far to walk? ♦ It's too far to walk.

In other sentences we use a long way : It's a long way to walk - let's take the bus. Which word? Farther or further?

In formal English, you should use farther to talk about distance in space: I walked much farther than you did.

Use further to talk about distance in time: I can't remember further back than 1990.

a long way from the center in the direction mentioned Who's that on the far left of the photo?

fare / fer / noun [ count ]

the money that you pay to travel by bus, train, airplane, etc. My bus fare went up.

the Far East / бэ |far ' ist / noun [ singular ]

( geography ) China, Japan, and other countries in eastern Asia

— Look at the Middle East .

fare • well / |fer' wel / noun [ count ] ( formal )

goodbye

We're having a farewell party for Megan. farm Ф / farm / noun [ count ]

land and buildings where people keep animals and grow plants for food They work on a farm . farm animals

farm .еГ Ф / 'farmor / noun [ count ]

a person who owns or works on a farm

farm • house / farmhaus / noun [ count ]

the main house on a farm

farm • ing / ' farmig / noun [ noncount ]

managing a farm or working on it farming methods

farm • land / farmlrend / noun

[ noncount , plural ]

( geography ) land that is used for keeping animals or growing plants for food

farm • yard / ' farmyard / noun [ count ]

the area beside the main house on a farm, with buildings or walls around it

far • sight • ed / ' far|saitad / adjective

( health ) If you are farsighted , you can see things clearly when they are far away but not when they are close to you.

—ANTONYM nearsighted

far • ther, far • thest / ' fa^r ; ' fa^st /

adjective, adverb forms of far Which word? Farther or further?

In formal English, you should use farther to talk about distance in space: I walked much farther than you did.

Use further to talk about distance in time: I can't remember further back than 1990.

fas • ci • nate / ' fresэneIt / verb ( fas ci . nates , fas • ci • nat • ing , fas • ci • nat • ed )

to attract or interest someone very much China has always fascinated me. I've always been fascinated by his ideas.

fas • ci • nat • ing / ' fresэneItщ / adjective

very interesting

She told us fascinating stories about her life.

fas • ci • na • tion / ^ ' neijn / noun

[ count, noncount ]

when you find something or someone very interesting The girls listened in fascination .

fash . ion Ф / 'fsejn / noun [ count, noncount ]

a way of dressing or doing something that people like and

try to copy for a time

Bright colors are back in fashion .

Some styles never go out of fashion .

a fashion show

fash .ion .а .Ые Ф / 'faqfonobl / adjective

popular, or in a popular style at the time She was wearing a fashionable black hat.

—ANTONYM old-fashioned , unfashionable

►fash • ion • a • bly / ' fejbmbli / adverb He was always fashionably dressed.

fash • ion de • sign • er / ' fejn ^шпэг /

noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to design clothes

fast Ф / faest / adjective ( ast er , fast est )

moving, happening, or doing something very quickly the fastest rate of increase for many years

a fast learner Which word? Fast or quick? We say fast for a person or thing that moves at great speed: a fast car ♦ a fast train ♦ a fast worker