: 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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Until that maneuver, however, Blue Ghost has been busy above the big blue Earth, beaming home beautiful images of our planet, as well as views of its far-off final destination, the moon. Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2025 During Trump’s first term, little attention was paid to how globalism diverted health resources to far-off countries that are not even necessarily allies. Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2025 Iran has burned its fingers, and all that even nuclear weapons would bring is a new level of stand-off with Israel–which is in any case a rather far-off country that many ordinary Iranians do not regard as an enemy. Max Rodenbeck, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 Combining the optical zoom with digital cropping allows for AI Super Zoom between 30x to 100x to allow for far-off captures. Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 Jan. 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 5 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

far-off

adjective
ˈfär-ˈȯf
: remote in time or space

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