Translation
far; by far
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Examples
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He is far away.
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He lives far from his homeland.
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This is far better.
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He was by far the greatest of them all.
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They pitched camp not far from the river.
is the adverb of and does two quite different things. Literally it is distance: "far off, a long way", and "far from" is a or with the ABLATIVE, not a bare case.
Figuratively it is the standard intensifier in front of a comparative or a superlative, "by far": , . Latin much prefers here to , which belongs with comparatives, and the superlative especially wants . Its opposite is "near" and, awkwardly for learners, also means "almost". gives Italian lungi and French loin.
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longe: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 9: longe, quin, vis and 7 more words.