afar
gb/əfˈɑɹ/ us/əfˈɑɹ/
B2
Anglais
~ 25700
Sens
0 sens
adverb
literary
B2
relation
1
at or from a great distance
At or from a place that is very far away, often used in the phrase "from afar".
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] [verb] from afar
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes use *afar* by itself like an adjective (e.g., "an afar city"). In modern English, *afar* is almost always used as an adverb in the phrase "from afar" (e.g., "The city was beautiful from afar"), while *far* or *far away* are used in most other cases (e.g., "a far city", "a city far away").
Synonymes
far away (More common and neutral in everyday speech; can be used more freely, not mainly in a fixed phrase.)
Antonymes
nearby (Describes something that is close, the opposite of being far away.)
Collocations
from afar
|seen from afar
|watch from afar
|admire from afar
|viewed from afar
Thèmes
travel
|distance
|descriptions
|space
|time
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- The mountains looked blue and hazy from afar.
- Fans watched from afar as the band arrived at the venue.
- She admired him from afar, never speaking to him directly.
- From afar, the city lights formed a bright line on the horizon.
- The village seemed peaceful when viewed from afar.
Exemples pédagogiques
- We could see the city from afar.
- They watched the game from afar.
- She loved him from afar for many years.
- The castle was beautiful when seen from afar.
- From afar, the cars looked very small.
Grammaire
Expressions
from afar
1/fɹˈʌm əfˈɑɹ/
fixed phrase
from a great distance
From a place that is very far away, either in space or in time.
Exemples
- We could hear the music from afar as we walked toward the festival.
- She had followed his work from afar for years before finally meeting him.
- From afar, the lake looked like a sheet of glass.