uppermost

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English

Etymology

From Middle English upper-moste; equivalent to upper +‎ -most.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌpəməʊst/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌpɚˌmoʊst/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

uppermost (not comparable)

  1. At or nearest the top of something.
    • 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:
      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.
    • 2015, Lawrence A. Pervin, Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology‎:
      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).
  2. Highest in rank, importance, etc.
    • 1990 February 4, Ruth Mountaingrove, “Feeling Less Than A Peer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 14:
      This brings me to the uppermost problem for over-60-year-old lesbians. Loneliness.
    • 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 735:
      For him, as for his colleagues, concern with priestly comportment and purity is uppermost.

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Adjective

uppermost

  1. (rare) superlative form of upper: most upper

Adverb

uppermost (not comparable)

  1. In the highest position.
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