uppermost en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈʌpəməʊst/ (UK)
- /ˈʌpɚˌmoʊst/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English upper-moste; equivalent to upper + -most.
Meanings
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superlative form of upper: most upper. ▸ At or nearest the top of something.
As a result, it is not always an easy matter to evaluate, as an outsider, the effectiveness of a life-task strategy (i.e., sometimes the objective indicators of success and failure do not coincide with the goals most uppermost in a person's mind).
2015, Lawrence A. Pervin, Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology:She couldn't reach the bowls on the uppermost shelf, so she made do with a mug.
Well, to me, if you are restricting it to economic policy — because I can surely think of some noneconomic policy concerns that are more uppermost in my mind.
2005, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Tax reform: hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 8, 2005, Volume 36, Issues 109-123:
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superlative form of upper: most upper. ▸ Of top rank, importance, etc.
of uppermost concern
For him, as for his colleagues, concern with priestly comportment and purity is uppermost.
2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 735:of uppermost importance
This brings me to the uppermost problem for over-60-year-old lesbians. Loneliness.
1990 February 4, Ruth Mountaingrove, “Feeling Less Than A Peer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 14:
Antonyms
nethermost · lowermost · least · bottommost · lowest · lowest · least
Coordinates
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Synonyms
topmost · upmost · highest · upmost · highest · topmost
Translations (17)
ka უმაღლესი (at or nearest the top) · sa उत्तम (at or nearest the top) · ru са́мый ве́рхний (at or nearest the top) · ru вы́сший (at or nearest the top) · ko 최고 (at or nearest the top) · ru наивы́сший (at or nearest the top) · nl bovenst (at or nearest the top) · hi सर्वोच्च (at or nearest the top) · id teratas (at or nearest the top) · gl máis alto (at or nearest the top) · de höchst (at or nearest the top) · grc ἀνώτατος (at or nearest the top) · ko 최상 (at or nearest the top) · txb ustama (at or nearest the top) · ota اوست (at or nearest the top) · bg най-горен (at or nearest the top) · ka ყველაზე მაღალი (at or nearest the top)