foremost
Positioned in front of others in space, most forwardPositioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
» First and foremost, watch what you eat.
Meaning
4 senses(not comparable)Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
(not comparable)Coming before (all) others in time.
ranking above all others
(not comparable)Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.
The exhibition features works by the country’s foremost artists.
Foremost among the workers’ grievances was the company’s failure to address the many safety issues in the plant.
(not comparable)Closest to the bow.
носовойnosovoj
situated closest to the bow
Examples
27 sentencesFirst and foremost, watch what you eat.
He is the foremost authority on heart surgery.
He always thinks first and foremost of his own benefit.
Він зажди передусім думає про власну вигоду. — aandrusiak
deEr denkt immer in erster Linie an seinen eigenen Nutzen. — carlosalberto
First and foremost, I'd like to thank you all.
I want cake, first and foremost.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Old English formest, fyrmest (“earliest, first, most prominent”), from Proto-GermanicFrom Old English formest, fyrmest (“earliest, first, most prominent”), from Proto-Germanic *frumistaz, from the locative stem *fur-, *fr- + the superlative suffix *-umistaz, stem ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pr-. The suffix *-umistaz was a compound suffix, created from the rarer comparative suffix *-umô (as in Old English fruma) + the regular superlative suffix *-istaz (English -est); *-umô in turn is from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-.
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- preceding all others in spatial position:frontmost
- ranking above all others:firstworld-class