furthermore

English

Etymology

From Middle English furthermore, forthermore, forthermar (also as forther mo), equivalent to further +‎ -more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ).ðə(ɹ)ˌmɔː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝ.ðɚˌmoɹ/

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Adverb

furthermore (not comparable)

1. In addition; besides; further; what's more (i.e. to denote additional information).

   He skillfully took charge of the event, and furthermore, he stayed late after it to clean up.

   He claimed further(more) that he was not even in town the day the murder occured.

   • 1854 July, “Obstacles to Revivals”, in The Freewill Baptist Quarterly, volume 2, page 306:

     But, furthermore, the true Revival of pure Religion, is meeting at this day a still more fearful obstacle, in the system of go-betweenity or theological mermaidism, which has arisen out of the ashes of old defunct infidelity, and is boasting its able champions.

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

Synonyms

• additionally
• also
• moreover
• what is more

Translations

In addition; besides; what's more; used to denote additional information

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: апро́ч таго́ (apróč tahó)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: освен това (osven tova), нещо повече (nešto poveče)
• Catalan: a més (ca), a més a més (ca), endemés (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並且 / 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有 / 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且 / 况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě), 另外 (zh) (lìngwài)

• Czech: nadto (cs), kromě toho, navíc (cs)
• Danish: ydermere, desuden
• Dena'ina: ki
• Dutch: daarenboven (nl), bovendien (nl)
• Esperanto: cetere (eo)
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
• French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d’un autre côté (fr), d’autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr), au surplus (fr)
• Galician: ademais (gl), a maior abastanza, a maiores (gl), aínda por riba
• Georgian: გარდა ამისა (garda amisa)
• German: weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus (de), außerdem (de), des Weiteren (de)
• Hindi: और भी (aur bhī)
• Hungarian: ráadásul (hu), továbbá (hu), emellett (hu)
• Italian: inoltre (it)
• Japanese: そのうえ (ja) (sonoue)
• Korean: 또한 (ko) (ttohan)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: سەرەڕای ئەوە (sererray ewe)

• Latin: amplius (la), cēterum
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Malagasy: ankoatra izay, fanampin'izay
• Malay: lagipun
• Maori: waihoki, ka mutu, me te aha anō, whaihoki, ka mutu (an idiom)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: videre (no), dessuten (no), i tillegg, forøvrig (no)

  Nynorsk: vidare, dessutan

• Pannonian Rusyn: окрем того (okrem toho), попри того (popri toho), попри тим (popri tim)
• Polish: ponadto (pl), oprócz tego (pl), poza tym (pl), w dodatku (pl), dodatkowo (pl)
• Portuguese: além disso
• Russian: к тому́ же (ru) (k tomú že), кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: cho math ri sin
• Slovak: navyše, naviac, tiež
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: más (es), es más, además (es), otrosí (es) (law), por añadidura (formal), a mayor abundamiento
• Swahili: aidha (sw)
• Swedish: därutöver (sv), dessutom (sv), vidare (sv)
• Tocharian B: ṣpak
• Ukrainian: крім то́го (krim tóho), більше того (bilʹše toho)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אַחוץ דעם (akhuts dem)
• Zazaki: ayê ra ki dot

Adjective

furthermore

1. (rare) comparative form of further: more further; the more especially forward, ahead or (figurative) progressed