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- [fawr-mohst, -muh st, fohr-]
- /ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, -məst, ˈfoʊr-/
- /ˈfɔː.məʊst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [fawr-mohst, -muh st, fohr-]
- /ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, -məst, ˈfoʊr-/
Definitions of foremost word
- noun foremost Most prominent in rank, importance, or position. 1
- adjective foremost leading 1
- adjective foremost most important 1
- adjective foremost furthest in front 1
- adverb foremost primarily 1
- adverb foremost furthest to the front 1
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Origin of foremost
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; fore1 + -most; replacing Middle English, Old English formest, equivalent to form(a) first, variant of fruma (compare Latin prīmus) + -est -est1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Foremost
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
foremost popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
foremost usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for foremost
adj foremost
- arch — An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.
- champion — A champion is someone who has won the first prize in a competition, contest, or fight.
- chief — The chief of an organization is the person who is in charge of it.
- front — the foremost part or surface of anything.
- head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
adjective foremost
- notable — worthy of note or notice; noteworthy: a notable success; a notable theory.
- main — chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
- top — Technical/Office Protocol
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
adverb foremost
- onwards — toward a point ahead or in front; forward, as in space or time.
- in the first place — firstly
- first of all — to start with
- first off — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- to the fore — situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else.
Antonyms for foremost
adj foremost
- last — occurring, coming, or being after the usual or proper time: late frosts; a late spring.
- least — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- lowest — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- unimportant — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
- inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
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