far-flungˌfar-ˈflung adjective 
expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations2spread out over a very large area: Email enables far-flung friends to keep in touch.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He's gone off hiking in some far-flung corner of Alaska.
- Our job is to organize the company's far-flung offices.
- Participants come from nations as far-flung as Iceland and Japan.
- The company operates a number of far-flung offices.
- It will be difficult for him to enforce his writ in the far-flung reaches of the country.
- On a far-flung front we must wage war.
- One friend, a lawyer, swears by e-mail because it helps her keep in touch with far-flung friends.
- So, sometimes running and sometimes walking, she made her way quickly across the far-flung heath.
- We think we know it all now, and banish our far-flung ideas from this world into Space.
Longman Language Activatorfar away from other places
a distant or far-off town or country is a long way from where you are: · Food at the fair comes from such far-off places as Brazil and Lithuania.· How can we send our young men off to distant lands to die in foreign wars?
written a faraway country, especially one that you have been told about or have read about, is very far away, and different from your own country: · Ed told us stories of all the faraway countries he had visited.· Avis always dreamed of an exotic vacation in some faraway place.
remote places are far away from other places or people, and very few people go there: · They moved to a remote farmhouse in North Wales.· The helicopter crashed in a remote desert area.
a long way from other towns, buildings, or people, especially in a quiet place where you are alone: · If you travel to isolated areas, make sure you have a good guide.· The area is extremely isolated because of the hills that surround it.
a secluded place is private and quiet because it is a long way from other people - use this about a place where people can do what they want without being disturbed: · They drove to a secluded spot in the country to have their picnic.· We rented a little cabin on the edge of a secluded lake.
informal in a lonely place a long way from towns or villages, where you do not expect to find any houses: · Amazingly, we found a really nice motel in the middle of nowhere.· We were miles from anywhere and had no idea how to get back.
American informal in a part of the country that is a long way from any town: · I'm not moving to that place - it's out in the boondocks.· Gayle lives out in the boonies - it would take at least an hour to get there.
fairly far away from any town or from where other people live, and a little difficult to find and travel to: · The house is a little out of the way, but you should be able to find it.
also off the beaten path American a place that is off the beaten track or path is a long way from the places where people usually go, which usually makes it more interesting to visit: · The little restaurant was so far off the beaten track that we almost didn't find it.· Greg likes to get off the beaten path and discover places that other tourists don't find.
a long way from where you are now or far away from the nearest town: way out in/past/beyond etc: · I live way out in Laurel Canyon.· We drove way out past Reno to the old Fielding place.
far-flung places are all connected with a particular organization, country etc but they are all very far away from it: · Our job is to organize the company's far-flung offices.· Participants come from nations as far-flung as Iceland and Japan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinationsCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
1very distantfar-flung corners/places/regions etc expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations· Dance artists are starting to appear regularly in these apparently far-flung corners of Britain.
· Peter had bought the car from Cohn Crabbe, that inveterate discoverer of lost cars in far-flung places.
expeditions to far-flung corners of the globe people flying to far-flung destinations2spread out over a very large area: Email enables far-flung friends to keep in touch.