Definition of foremost Foremost

/fɔˈɹmowˌst/ - [formowst] - fore•most

We found 13 definitions of foremost from 5 different sources.

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What does foremost mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

foremost - preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
  frontmost
foremost - situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship"
foremost - ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"
  first, world-class

Adverb

foremost - prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost"
  first
foremost - before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake"
  first, firstly, first of all, first off
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • foremost (a.)
    First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • foremost
    First, either in time or in space.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • foremost
    fōr′mōst, adj. first in place: most advanced: first in rank or dignity. [A.S. forma, first, superl. of fore, and superl. suffix -st. It is therefore a double superl.; the old and correct form was formest, which was wrongly divided for-mest instead of form-est, and the final -mest was mistaken for -most.]

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