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fore·most    Audio Help   [fawr-mohst, -muhst, fohr-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective, adverb
first in place, order, rank, etc.: the foremost surgeons.
[Origin: bef. 1000; fore1 + -most; r. ME, OE formest, equiv. to form(a) first, var. of fruma (cf. L prīmus) + -est -est]

—Synonyms primary, prime, chief, principal, paramount.
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fore·most    Audio Help   (fôr'mōst', fōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. First in time or place.
  2. Ahead of all others, especially in position or rank; paramount. See Synonyms at chief.

adv.  
  1. In the front or first position.
  2. So as to be most important.


[Alteration of Middle English formest, first, from Old English; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]

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foremost 
O.E. fyrmest "earliest, first, most prominent," from P.Gmc. *formo- (related to O.E. fruma "beginning"), superl. of the root of Eng. fore + additional superl. suffix -est. Cf. O.Fris. formest, Goth. frumists. Altered on the assumption that it is a compound of fore and most.

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foremost

adjective
1. ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" [syn: first] 
2. preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost compartment of the ship" 
3. situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of the ship" 

adverb
1. prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" 
2. before anything else; "first we must consider the garter snake" [syn: first] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
foremost [ˈfoːmoust] adjective
most famous or important
Example: the foremost modern artist
Arabic: رَئيسي، بارِز
Chinese (Simplified): 最重要的
Chinese (Traditional): 最重要的
Czech: nejpřednější
Danish: førende
Dutch: belangrijkst
Estonian: tähtsaim
Finnish: huomattavin
French: le plus en vue
German: vorderst, best
Greek: πρώτος, πρώτιστος
Hungarian: élvonalbeli
Icelandic: frægastur, fremstur
Indonesian: terpenting
Italian: primo, migliore
Japanese: 第一級の
Korean: 최고의, 제일의
Latvian: priekšējais; galvenais
Lithuanian: ryškiausias, žymiausias
Norwegian: fremst, først, forrest
Polish: czołowy, główny
Portuguese (Brazil): primeiro
Portuguese (Portugal): primeiro
Romanian: cel mai important
Russian: выдающийся
Slovak: najpoprednejší
Slovenian: najvidnejši
Spanish: principal
Swedish: främst
Turkish: en ünlü
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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