foremost
In front, prominently forwardIn front, prominently forward.
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Meaning
3 senses(not comparable)In front, prominently forward.
prominently forward
(not comparable)First in time.
(not comparable)Most importantly.
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
6 synonyms- prominently forward:first
- before anything else:firstfirstlyfirst of allfirst off
See also
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