Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

promote the growth of

• “Foster our children's well-being and education”

contribute to the progress or growth of

• “I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom”

more distant in especially degree

• “nothing could be further from the truth”
• “further from our expectations”
• “farther from the truth”
• “farther from our expectations”

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (`further' is used more often than `farther' in this abstract sense)

• “further complicated by uncertainty about the future”
• “let's not discuss it further”
• “nothing could be further from the truth”
• “they are further along in their research than we expected”
• “the application of the law was extended farther”
• “he is going no farther in his studies”

in addition or furthermore; further, they should be here already"

• “if we further suppose”
• “stated further that he would not cooperate with them”
• “they are definitely coming”

to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is used more frequently than `further' in this physical sense)

• “farther north”
• “moved farther away”
• “farther down the corridor”
• “the practice may go back still farther to the Druids”
• “went only three miles further”
• “further in the future”