far-reaching

See also: farreaching

English

Adjective

far-reaching (comparative more far-reaching, superlative most far-reaching)

1. Having a broad range, scope, or influence.
   • 1961 December, “Planning the London Midland main-line electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 719:

     Electrification, on the other hand, involved several departments. Moreover, it was spread over about 150 miles of railway on, under, or adjacent to the busy running lines traversed by fast trains, with consequent far-reaching repercussions on train services that extended over wide areas beyond these lines being electrified.

   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Codex entry:

     The Citadel is an ancient deep-space station, presumably constructed by the Protheans. Since the Prothean extinction, numerous species have come to call the Citadel home. It serves as the political, cultural, and financial capital of the galactic community. To represent their interests, most species maintain embassies on the Presidium, the Citadel's inner ring.
     The Citadel Tower, in the center of the Presidium, holds the Citadel Council chambers. Council affairs often have far-reaching effects on the rest of the galactic community.

   • 2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera:

     The long-awaited verdict could inflame tension in the Southeast Asian country and have far-reaching implications in the politically divided kingdom.

   • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:

     He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.

Related terms

• wide-reaching

Translations

having a broad range, scope, or influence

• Bulgarian: важен (bg) (važen), с голямо значение (s goljamo značenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: dalekosáhlý (cs) m
• Dutch: vergaand (nl)
• Finnish: kauaskantoinen
• Georgian: შორსმიმავალი (šorsmimavali), მნიშვნელოვანი (mnišvnelovani)
• German: weitreichend (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τηλέπορος (tēléporos)

• Hungarian: messzemenő (hu)
• Macedonian: далекусе́жен m (dalekuséžen), далекосежен m (dalekosežen)
• Russian: далеко идущий (daleko iduščij)
• Swedish: långtgående (sv)

References

• “far-reaching”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.