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单词 afar
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afar

[ uh-fahr ]
/ əˈfɑr /
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adverb

from, at, or to a distance; far away (usually followed by off): He saw the castle afar off.

Idioms for afar

    from afar, from a long way off: The princess saw him riding toward her from afar.

Origin of afar

1125–75; Middle English a fer, on ferr; replacing Old English feorran.See a-1 (perhaps also a-2 for the meaning “from”), far

Words nearby afar

A.F.A., AFAB, AFAIK, fair shake, a, A.F.A.M., afar, a far cry, far cry from, a, Farewell to Arms, A, Afars and the Issas, fate worse than death, a

Definition for afar (2 of 2)

Afar
[ ah-fahr ]
/ ˈɑ fɑr /

noun, plural A·fars, A·fa·ra [uh-fahr-uh], /əˈfɑr ə/, (especially collectively) A·far for 1.

a member of a nomadic Muslim people living in Eritrea, Djibouti, and northern Ethiopia.
the Northern Cushitic language spoken by the Afars.
Also called Danakil.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

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British Dictionary definitions for afar

afar
/ (əˈfɑː) /

adverb

at, from, or to a great distance

noun

a great distance (esp in the phrase from afar)

Word Origin for afar

C14: a fer, altered from earlier on fer and of fer; see a- ², far
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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