Meaning of FOREMOST
| Pronunciation: | | 'fowr`mowst
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- [adv] before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
- [adv] prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
- [adj] preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
- [adj] ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
- [adj] situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
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| | Synonyms: | | best, first, first, first of all, first off, firstly, fore(a), front(a), frontmost, top(a) |
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| | Definition: | | \Fore"most`\, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See {Fore}, adv., and
cf. {First}, {Former}, {Frame}, v. t., {Prime}, a.]
First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | ahead, all-absorbing, antecedent, anterior, arch, banner, before, best, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, exordial, first, firstly, focal, fore, foregoing, forehand, forward, front, frontal, great, head, heading, headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front, in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead, inaugural, initial, initiatory, leading, magisterial, maiden, main, master, notable, noted, noteworthy, overriding, overruling, paramount, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, predominant, preeminent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing, prevenient, primal, primarily, primary, prime, principal, prior, proemial, prominent, propaedeutic, ranking, ruling, sovereign, star, stellar, supereminent, superior, supreme, to the fore, to the front, topflight, topmost, up ahead, uppermost |
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