"faraway" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faraway.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Univerbation of far + away. Etymology templates: {{univ|en|far|away}} Univerbation of far + away Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} faraway (not comparable)
  1. Distant. Tags: not-comparable Translations (distant): بَعِيد (baʕīd) (Arabic), بعيد (beʕiid) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), далечен (dalečen) (Bulgarian), ᎢᎾ (ina) (Cherokee), afgelegen (Dutch), ver weg (Dutch), kaukainen (Finnish), afastado (Galician), abgelegen (German), entfernt (German), távoli (Hungarian), messzi (Hungarian), etähäin (Ingrian), remoto (Italian), lontano (Italian), fuorimano (Italian), да́лечен (dálečen) (Macedonian), longínquo (Portuguese), दूर (dūra) (Sanskrit), alejado (Spanish), distante (Spanish), lejano (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-faraway-en-adj-qb7SM-op Disambiguation of 'distant': 100 0
  2. Not mentally present, as when daydreaming. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not mentally present): abwesend (German), ра́сеан (rásean) (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-faraway-en-adj-EwZ2gPPo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English univerbations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 52 46 Disambiguation of English univerbations: 0 52 48 Disambiguation of 'not mentally present': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: far-flung, remote, distant, far away

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faraway.wav [Southern-England] Forms: faraways [plural]
Etymology: Univerbation of far + away. Etymology templates: {{univ|en|far|away}} Univerbation of far + away Head templates: {{en-noun}} faraway (plural faraways)
  1. One who lives a great distance away. Related terms: far and away
    Sense id: en-faraway-en-noun-jrq~pSaD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English univerbations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 52 46 Disambiguation of English univerbations: 0 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: far away

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for faraway meaning in English (5.8kB)

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