as far as

English

Adverb

as far as

1. (idiomatic) With respect to; as relates to.
   • 2004, Susan Maria Leach, Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery, HarperCollins, page 21,

     As far as food—still no nausea or problems.

   • 2007 July 27, "Stateline Area News in Brief", Beloit Daily News,

     As far as food, the fire department will have hot dogs and brats.

   • 2007 July 27, Jodi Rogstad, "The lure of the frontier echoes far", Wyoming Tribune-Eagle,

     As far as food, Courville had expected to have his pick of barbecue and beef jerky....

   • 2007 August 5, Susan Frick Carlman, "Pasta and more", The Naperville Sun,

     "We put a lot of emphasis into the training of our staff, as far as food knowledge, wine knowledge," he said.

2. In the scope of.

Derived terms

• as far as one knows

Related terms

• AFAICR
• AFAICS
• AFAICT
• AFAIK
• AFAIR

Translations

in the scope of

• Czech: pokud (cs)
• German: soweit (de)

• Italian: per quanto (it)