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up·most
/
ˈʌpˌmoʊst
or, esp. British,
-məst
/
Show Spelled
[
uhp
-mohst
or, esp. British,
-m
uh
st
]
Show IPA
adjective
uppermost
.
Origin:
1550–60;
up-
+
-most
Can be confused:
upmost,
uppermost
,
utmost
.
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upmost
(ˈʌpˌməʊst)
—
adj
another word for
uppermost
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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importance.
Uses
upmost
discretion and judgment in receiving and referring callers and
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Teachers are nation builders and deserve to be treated with the
upmost
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Memorial services will be conducted in the highest honor with the
upmost
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We feel, first and foremost, it is of
upmost
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upmost
dedication and concentration.
Management and protection of the ground water resources are of the
upmost
importance.
Drainage of container is
upmost
importance since citrus plants can develop root problems if the drainage is not adequate.
Of
upmost
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"But 'tis a common proof
That lowliness is young ambition's ladder,
Whereto the climber-upward turns his face;
But when he once attains the
upmost
round
He then unto the ladder turns his back,
Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees
By which he did ascend."
-Shakespeare
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