Meanings
- To the degree or extent that.
as far as the eye can see
3 more examples
As far as the financing is concerned, there will be no problems.
As far as the choice makes any difference, I prefer the second option.
I'll help you as far as I can.
- proscribedUsed without any completion, usually to imply "to the degree or extent that ... is/are concerned".
As far as the policies and procedures under which these companies operate, we keep a very close eye on that.
Synonyms: regarding
- proscribedsometimessee usage noteWith respect to; as relates to.
As far as financing, there will be no problems.
4 more examples
As far as food—still no nausea or problems.
2004, Susan Maria Leach, Before & After: Living & Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery (non-fiction), HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 21As far as food, the fire department will have hot dogs and brats.
2007 July 28, “Stateline Area News in Brief”, in Beloit Daily News (Broadsheet)As far as food, Courville had expected to have his pick of barbecue and beef jerky […]
2007 July 27, Jodi Rogstad, “The lure of the frontier echoes far”, in Wyoming Tribune Eagle"We put a lot of emphasis into the training of our staff, as far as food knowledge, wine knowledge," he said.
2007 August 5, Susan Frick Carlman, “Pasta and more”, in Naperville Sun
Synonyms & antonyms
conjunctionUsed without any completion, usually to imply "to the degree or extent that ... is/are concerned".
prepositionUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see as, far, as.
Translations
Ancient Greek μέχρι
- μέχρι (mékhri)in the scope of
Bulgarian докъдето
- докъдето (dokădeto)to the degree or extent that
Czech pokud
- pokudin the scope of
Danish såvidt
- såvidtin the scope of
Dutch voorzover
- voorzoverin the scope of
Esperanto ĝis, ĝis
- ĝisto the degree or extent that
- ĝisin the scope of
Finnish niin pitkään kuin
- niin pitkään kuinin the scope of
French aussi loin que
- aussi loin quein the scope of
German soviel, soweit
- sovielto the degree or extent that
- soweitin the scope of
Hungarian ami …-t illet/illeti
- ami …-t illet/illetiin the scope of
Irish chomh fada is
- chomh fada isin the scope of
Italian per quanto
- per quantoin the scope of
Latin tenus
- tenusin the scope of
Norwegian Bokmål så langt (som)
- så langt (som)in the scope of
Polish tak długo, jak, jeśli chodzi o
- tak długo, jakto the degree or extent that
- jeśli chodzi oin the scope of
- jeżeli chodzi oin the scope of
Portuguese até
- atéin the scope of
Russian наско́лько, наско́лько
- наско́лько (naskólʹko)to the degree or extent that
- наско́лько (naskólʹko)in the scope of
- поско́льку (poskólʹku)in the scope of
Spanish tan lejos como, hasta donde
- tan lejos comoto the degree or extent that
- hasta dondeto the degree or extent that
Swedish såvitt
- såvittin the scope of
Ukrainian наскі́льки
- наскі́льки (naskílʹky)to the degree or extent that
Cite this entry
as far as. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20far%20as
“as far as.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20far%20as. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “as far as,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/as%20far%20as.
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