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Adjective
Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions; see Usage Notes below).
(finance) Possessing or owning stocks, bonds, commodities or other financial instruments with the aim of benefiting of the expected rise in their value.
(cricket) Of a fieldingposition, close to the boundary (or closer to the boundary than the equivalent short position).
(tennis, of a ball or a shot) That land beyond the baseline (and therefore is out).
Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.