Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
distributed over a considerable extent;
- Example: "far-flung trading operations"- Example: "the West's far-flung mountain ranges"- Example: "widespread nuclear fallout"[syn: far-flung, widespread]
2. remote;
- Example: "far-flung corners of the Empire"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
far-flung \far-flung\ adj.
widely spread or distributed; as, the far-flung corners of
the Empire.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
far-flung
adj 1: distributed over a considerable extent; "far-flung
trading operations"; "the West's far-flung mountain
ranges"; "widespread nuclear fallout" [syn: far-flung,
widespread]
2: remote; "far-flung corners of the Empire"