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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026: | Voornaamste vertalingen |
| ver bn | (afgelegen, niet dichtbij) | far adj |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026: Overeenkomende vermeldingen van de andere kant van het woordenboek | Voornaamste vertalingen |
| far adj | (not close to sth) | ver bn |
| | Springfield is far from here. |
| distant adj | (space: far away) | ver, verwijderd bn |
| | They travelled here from a distant country. |
| faraway adj | (place, sound: distant) | ver bn |
| | | afgelegen, verafgelegen bn |
| | Katya is American, but her parents are from a faraway land. | | | Faraway gunshots could be heard. |
| afield adv | (away) | ver, ver weg bw |
| | | weg bw |
| distant adj | (time: long ago) | ver, geleden, terug bn |
| | In the distant past, we were close friends. |
shirttail,
shirt-tail adj | US, figurative (relative: distant) (figuurlijk: familie) | ver bn |
long distance,
long-distance adj | (over considerable range) | ver bn |
| | (in samenstellingen) | langeafstands- |
| | It is a good idea to stretch your legs regularly during a long-distance flight. |
| remotely adv | (at a great distance) | ver, ver weg bw |
| | Their house was remotely situated on a windswept headland. |
| far adv | (great distance) | ver bn |
| | She walked far this morning - almost ten kilometres. |
| far adj | (most distant) | ver bn |
| | | uiterst bn |
| | Jim called to his kids at the far corner of the pool. |
| distant adj | (relation: remote) (van familie) | ver bn |
| | Elisabeth is een verre nicht van me. |
| Aanvullende vertalingen |
| remote adj | (distantly related) (familieverband) | ver bn |
| | The president is a remote cousin of mine. |
| remote adj | (distant in time) | veraf, ver, ver weg bn |
| | The year 2092 seems rather remote to me. |
| off adv | (distant, far) | ver bw |
| | He could see the mountain off in the distance. |
| far adv | (not close to sth) | ver bijw. |
| | She walked far away from him. |
| way n | (distance) | afstand nw de |
| | | eind nw het |
| | | ver bw |
| | Chicago is a long way from here. |
| for prep | (to the extent of) | ver bw |
| | | lang bn |
| | The line outside the ticket office went on for miles. |
| Samengestelde woorden: |
| afar adv | (far away, at a distance) | veraf bw |
| | | van ver, van verre bw |
| | | ver weg bw |
| | The Magi travelled from afar to visit the baby Jesus. |
| as far as prep | (the same distance as) | net zo ver weg, net zo ver woordgr. |
| | Our new grocery store is just as far as the old one. |
| | Onze nieuwe supermarkt is net zo ver weg als de oude. |
| distant past n | (a time long ago) | verre verleden, ver verleden nw het |
| | The light you see from stars is light from the distant past. |
distantly related,
distantly-related adj | (remotely connected by blood) | ver verwant bn |
| Opmerking: A hyphen may be used when the adjective precedes the noun. | | | Rabbits are distantly related to rats. Distantly-related couples can marry; closely-related couples can't. |
distantly related,
distantly-related adj | (vaguely connected) (figuurlijk) | ver verwant bn |
| Opmerking: A hyphen may be used when the adjective precedes the noun. | | | Iranian instruments such as the tanbur are distantly related to the European guitar. |
| early times npl | (period long ago) | ver verleden, grijs verleden bn + nw |
| | In early times, people made measurements by comparing things with parts of the human body. |
| equidistant adj | (equally far away) | op gelijke afstand gelegen bn |
| | | even ver weg gelegen bn |
| far apart adj | (distant) | ver uit elkaar, ver verwijderd frase |
| | China and Romania enjoy a long-standing friendship though the two countries are far apart. |
| far away adv | (in the distance) | in de verte, ver weg bw |
| | I could see the skyline far away on the horizon. |
far off,
far-off adj | figurative (estimate: inaccurate) | ver naast bw + vz |
| Opmerking: A hyphen is used when the adjective comes before the noun it modifies. | | | Your estimate wasn't far off. |
| | Je zat er niet ver naast met je schatting. |
| far out adv | (into the distance) | ver weg bw |
| | The current caused the boy's inflatable boat to drift far out to sea. |
| go far vi | figurative (be successful) (figuurlijk) | ver schoppen bw + ww |
| | My sister's a very talented writer - she'll go far. |
| go places v expr | figurative, slang (become successful) | succes boeken nw + ww |
| | (figuurlijk) | het ver schoppen frase |
| | Camilla is a talented musician who is really going places. |
| go too far v expr | figurative (take sth past acceptable limits) | te ver gaan ww |
| | I've warned you about your disobedience before but this time you've gone too far! |
| near and far adj | (close and distant) | dichtbij en ver weg bn |
| | Focusing the camera can be a problem in shots where objects are near and far. |
near and far,
far and near adv | (everywhere) | overal bw |
| | | van heinde en ver frase |
| | We hunted near and far for that missing shoe. | | | People came from near and far to see the boy wonder play the piano. |
| overreach vi | (extend too far) | te ver reiken onoverg. uitdr. |
| | In grabbing for the rope, Daniel overreached and fell. |
| overshoot vi | (go over a target, etc.) | te ver gaan frase |
| | (vliegtuig) | doorschieten onoverg. ww |
| | The golfer missed the hole because he hit the ball too hard and it overshot. |
overstretch,
overstretch sth or sb vtr | (make stretch too far, strain) | te ver rekken, overrekken overg.ww |
| short adv | (on near side of a target) | niet bij het doel geraakt |
| | | niet ver genoeg |
| | The arrow fell short. |
| shorter adj | (distance: not as far) | minder ver bw + bn |
| | | dichterbij bw |
| | It is a shorter route to the store if we take Maple Street. |
| undershoot vi | (not fire far enough) | niet ver genoeg schieten frase |
| undershoot sth vtr | (not fire far enough) | niet ver genoeg schieten frase |
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