uppermost
advEtymology From Middle English upper-moste; equivalent to upper + -most.
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In the highest position.
uppermost
adjUK /ˈʌpəməʊst/ · US /ˈʌpɚˌmoʊst/
Etymology From Middle English upper-moste; equivalent to upper + -most.
› superlative form of upper: most upper.
1
At or nearest the top of something.
- 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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- 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:
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Of top rank, importance, etc.
- of uppermost importance
- of uppermost concern
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- 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:
- 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:
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