: 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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What once seemed like a far-off frontier may soon become one of the most commercially important whisky markets in the world. Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025 In a far-off city, all our heroes teamed up to defeat an invading empire and kill the evil immortal sorcerer guiding their invasion, all while exorcising their own various demons or taking on some new ones. Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025 For the new study, University of Ottawa ecologist Megan S. Reich and her colleagues captured 40 butterflies and discerned their far-off birthplaces based on variants, or isotopes, of the chemical elements hydrogen and strontium in their wings—thereby finding the true long-haulers. Jesse Greenspan, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2025 Westlake Village isn't exactly a far-off destination for me. Charles Trepany, USA Today, 9 Apr. 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 2 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

far-off

adjective
ˈfär-ˈȯf
: remote in time or space

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