Far-flung

/ˌfɑːˈflʌŋ/ · adjective

Meaning

Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time..

Definitions by Sense

1. Distant or remote in relationship, space, or time.
2. Widely distributed, wide-ranging, or widespread.
3. Widely but sparsely distributed.

Example Sentences

God of our fathers, known of old, / Lord of our far-flung battle-line, / […] / Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, / Lest we forget—lest we forget!

Introduced in the 1960s, Motorail was successful at a time when long-distance travel by car was a time-consuming process because of a lack of motorways. Services, both during the day and at night, ran to such far-flung places on the map as Penzance, Fishguard, Inverness and Fort William.

In the spacious laboratories and offices […] are provided not only centralised chemical research facilities for the far-flung London area, but also accommodation for the national headquarters of the B.R. Chemical Services, […]

In her introductory essay, editor Carole Vance acknowledges the problem of women's status as an "understudied group." She invites both careful and far-flung conversation about sex and difference, and urges s to resist making generalizations based on an incomplete dialogue.

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Word Forms

• more far-flung
• further-flung
• farther-flung
• most far-flung
• furthest-flung
• farthest-flung

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