: remote in time or space

Examples of far-off in a Sentence

many a young person has joined the military with the hope of traveling to far-off places the impossibility of predicting what life will be like in the far-off future
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This changes how many individuals view celebrities, changing them from far-off and isolated people, into someone viewed almost as a close friend. Callum Booth, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Continued isotope analysis of the remains may be able to differentiate between the two options, archaeologists said, and help determine if the items belonged to locals or came from far-off travelers. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2025 Because far-off stars would be static over successive nights, nearer, moving objects would stand out against the backdrop — but, for an object as distant as Pluto, the motion would be barely perceptible. John Loeffler, Space.com, 18 Feb. 2025 There is a visible bloom in the angle of view when shifting focus from a close to a far-off subject, an effect called focus breathing. PCMAG, 12 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for far-off

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of far-off was in the 15th century

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“Far-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/far-off. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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far-off

adjective
ˈfär-ˈȯf
: remote in time or space

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