Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to further
Participle: furthered
Gerund: furthering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | further |
| you | further |
| he;she;it | furthers |
| we | further |
| you | further |
| they | further |
Perfect
| I | have furthered |
| you | have furthered |
| he;she;it | has furthered |
| we | have furthered |
| you | have furthered |
| they | have furthered |
Past
| I | furthered |
| you | furthered |
| he;she;it | furthered |
| we | furthered |
| you | furthered |
| they | furthered |
Pluperfect
| I | had furthered |
| you | had furthered |
| he;she;it | had furthered |
| we | had furthered |
| you | had furthered |
| they | had furthered |
Future
| I | will further |
| you | will further |
| he;she;it | will further |
| we | will further |
| you | will further |
| they | will further |
Future Perfect
| I | will have furthered |
| you | will have furthered |
| he;she;it | will have furthered |
| we | will have furthered |
| you | will have furthered |
| they | will have furthered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | further |
| you | further |
| he;she;it | further |
| we | further |
| you | further |
| they | further |
Perfect
| I | have furthered |
| you | have furthered |
| he;she;it | have furthered |
| we | have furthered |
| you | have furthered |
| they | have furthered |
Imperfect
| I | furthered |
| you | furthered |
| he;she;it | furthered |
| we | furthered |
| you | furthered |
| they | furthered |
Pluperfect
| I | had furthered |
| you | had furthered |
| he;she;it | had furthered |
| we | had furthered |
| you | had furthered |
| they | had furthered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would further |
| you | would further |
| he;she;it | would further |
| we | would further |
| you | would further |
| they | would further |
Perfect
| I | would have furthered |
| you | would have furthered |
| he;she;it | would have furthered |
| we | would have furthered |
| you | would have furthered |
| they | would have furthered |
Imperative
| you | further |
| we | Let's further |
| you | further |
Verbs conjugated like 'further'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'further'
farther,
murther,
burthen,
father,
feather,
fother,
frother,
furtle,
fuster,
futter,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English further, forther, from Old English forþor, furþor (“further”, adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *furþer, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (a common preposition), equivalent to fore + -ther (a vestigial comparative ending still present in such words as other, either, whether, and, in altered form, in after); or as sometimes stated, as forth + -er. Cognate with Scots forder, furder (“further”), Saterland Frisian foarder (“further”), West Frisian fierder (“further”), Dutch verder (“further”), German fürder (“further”).
Sample Sentences
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In happie houre we haue ſet the Crowne
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Upon your Kingly head, that ſeeks our honor,
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In ioyning with the man, ordain’d by heauen
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To further euerie action to the beſt. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:]
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Upon this he brought me a cotton bag and giving it to me, said, "Take this bag and fill it with pebbles from the beach and go forth with a company of the townsfolk to whom I will give a charge respecting thee. Do as they do and belike thou shalt gain what may further thy return voyage to thy native land." [1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 558:]
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Further the economy.
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to further the peace process