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单词 foremost
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foremostadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈfɔːmə(ʊ)st/, U.S. /ˈfɔrˌmoʊst/
Forms: Old English formest, fyrmest, ( firmest), Middle English–1600s formest, Middle English southern vormest, (Middle English furmest, Middle English for-, foremest(e, 1500s formes), Middle English firmest, Middle English–1600s formast, (Middle English formaste), 1500s–1600s formost(e, 1500s– foremost. See also forthmost adj. and adv.
Etymology: Old English formest , fyrmest : = Old Frisian formest , Gothic frumist-s , < Old Germanic *formo- (forme adj.1) with additional superlative suffix (see -est suffix). Afterwards written so as to suggest a derivation < fore adj. + -most suffix.
A. adj.
1.
a. In regard to time: Prior to all others in occurrence, existence, etc.; = first adj. 4a. Obsolete.
ΚΠ
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1525 Noema..was þe formest webster þat man findes o þat mister.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1051 Þe formast barn þat sco him bare, Was caim.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. kiij/1 To repayre thoffence of our formest fader adam.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. v. 63 If they could haue had any beginning, the Sonne had bin formost in that case.
b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phrase at the foremost. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [noun] > first one
foremostc1200
handsel1573
primer1596
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 219 Þe laste man isib þe formeste, þe was biforn us.
1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 4 Atte firmast to-fore þe day of þe a compte of þe maistres.
a1400 Hymn Virg. 8 in Min. Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 134 Heil logge that vr lord in lay, The formast that never was founden in fable.
c. After the name of a day of the week: Next following; = first adj. 4f. Obsolete.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > succeeding or subsequent > immediately following in time
nextc1300
foremostc1330
nextmost1576
ensuing1611
instant1613
contiguous1622
near-following1625
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 Þe Wednesday formest þe Kyng had fulle grete hy.
2.
a. First in serial order; = first adj. 3a. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > firstness > [adjective]
erstOE
foremostc1000
firstlOE
onec1384
firstmosta1400
primec1429
firstena1600
fust1851
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [adjective] > preceding in order > first in order
erstOE
foremostc1000
firstlOE
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 274 Feower heafod windas synd, se fyrmesta is easterne wind.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 17 Þe formeste word of þe salme.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 7 Sigge ðe vormeste viue. adoramus te christe. fif siðen kneolinde.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 26877 Þe quilk I talde þe of resun In þe neist formast questiun.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness B. 494 Monyth þe fyrst þat fallez formast in þe ȝer.
1543 R. Record Ground of Artes ii. sig. T.iiiiv The bowynge of the foremost fynger, and settynge the ende of the thombe between the 2 foremost or hyghest ioyntes of it.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 288 Is not the morne ȝule day, formest of the ȝeir?
b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phrases, a formest, an alre formest. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > [noun] > preceding in order > first of a series
foremosta1250
summity1624
protoplast1645
front rank1872
lead-off1886
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 79 Understondeð þeonne an alre uormest.
a1250 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Nero) (1952) 51 Ase we seiden þer uppe a vormest.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) iii. x. 55 The formest hyghte Ymaginatiua, the mydle Logica, the thyrde memoratiua.
1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 126 Gif he fallis, the latter pairt is warst nor ye formest.
1709 Tatler No. 24 The Foremost of the whole Rank of Toasts..are Mrs. Gatty and Mrs. Frontlet.
3.
a. Most forward or advanced in position; front: = first adj. 2a. †Also in agreement with noun to indicate the front part or front of. (Cf. Latin summus mons, etc.)
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the world > space > relative position > front > [adjective]
furtherc1000
foremostc1275
formerc1384
farther1398
fornec1440
fore?a1513
forme1523
anterior1611
first1647
head1691
vanward1820
leading1825
forwardmost1834
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11878 A þen feoremeste [c1300 Otho forste] flocke feouwerti hundred.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2324 Þe prouost wiþ al þe puple presed forþ formast.
a1400 Octouian 1106 An ax..That heng on hys formest arsoun.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin iii. 46 He wolde come.., formeste of his company.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xiii. 126 b The whole skinne of a great Lion, fastened with the two formost feet before upon the brest.
1658 W. Johnson tr. F. Würtz Surgeons Guid ii. xxv. 152 The foremost part of the Arms bones are broken.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 28 Who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Formost to stand against the Thunderers aime Your bulwark..? View more context for this quotation
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiii. 125 The Giant..was foremost now; but the Dwarf was not far behind.
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 41 The king himself fought and fell in the foremost ranks of the battle.
1875 W. S. Hayward Love against World 14 The foremost hounds are close on him.
b. absol. or elliptical. Also in adverbial phr. † a formest.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [noun]
foremostc1275
headc1275
foreparty1398
forepartc1400
foresidec1400
devant1411
fronture1417
fore-endc1425
frontierc1430
forefront1488
forehead1525
frontc1540
vaunt1589
proscenium1648
frontside1697
van1726
fore-piece1788
façade1839
fore1888
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 12282 Bedeuer a-uormest [c1300 Otho forst] eode mid guldene bolle.
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 42 So þe furmest heuede ydon, ase þe erst vndertoc.
c1400 Song Roland 807 We haue the formest feld to the ground.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 137 Reynawde wente out of Bordews, the formest of all his folke.
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 67 Good will settyng me forthe with the foremost: I can not chuse but write.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 175 Those [dogs] which are young, fierce, and unaccustomed to the chace, are generally the foremost.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 281 The Smith of the Wynd..had been the foremost in the crowd that thronged to see the gallant champions of Clan Quhele.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxiii She was determined to march with the foremost.
c. in proverb denoting continuous action.
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1606 G. Chapman Sir Gyles Goosecappe iii. sig. Ev Neuer stir if hee fought not with great Sekerson foure hours to one, foremoste take vp hindmoste.
d. In adverbial phrases head, end, stern, etc. foremost, i.e. with the head, etc. first or in front.
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the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] > with specific part in front
head, end, stern, etc. foremost1697
feet first1780
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World iii. 49 It flys down head foremost.
1842 C. Whitehead Richard Savage (1845) iii. ix. 420 Wigs..wrong-side foremost.
1856 J. F. Ferrier Inst. Metaphysic (ed. 2) Introd. 46 This is a science which naturally comes to us end foremost.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat..drove stern foremost before it [the tide].
4. Most notable or prominent, best, chief. Also more emphatically first and foremost: = first adj. 1a.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] > most important
mosteOE
foremostc1000
headOE
headlyOE
nexta1200
umest1513
primary1565
headest1577
ruling1590
forward1591
capital1597
of the first magnitude1643
palmary1646
top1647
prepondering1651
headmost1661
home1662
life-and-death1804
palmarian1815
bada1825
key1832
première1844
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xx. 27 Seþe wyle betweox eow beon fyrmest sy he eower þeow.
1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xlix. 72 And suche one is that weneth to be first and formest that ofte fyndeth her the last of all.
1546 Bp. S. Gardiner Declar. True Articles 72 b Christ in his speach trulye affirmed his choise, which was chief, principall, and formest.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 8 Men ever famous, and formost in the achievements of liberty.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. i. 83 Calchas, an augur foremost in his art.
1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn iv. 159 The Quakers were among the foremost sufferers.
absolute or elliptical.c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xix. 20 Soðlice manega fyrmeste beoð ytemeste; & ytemeste fyrmesta.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 278 Hit was þe formast on flete þat on flode past.a1610 J. Healey tr. Cebes' Table in tr. Epictetus Manuall (1636) 136 The fore-most of them, Right knowledge, the rest are her sisters.
B. adv.
a. First, before any other or anything else, in position or rank; †formerly also, in time, serial order, etc.; = first adv. 1. Also in strengthened phrase, first and foremost.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adverb] > most importantly
foremostOE
primarily1587
in (also for, on, upon) the maina1591
mainly1640
perpendicularly1658
capitally1679
paramountly1798
leadingly1801
importantly1841
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb] > earliest or first of all
foremostOE
erstOE
firstc1180
aforewarda1200
erstly1600
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > preceding or following in order > precede or follow in order [phrase] > firstly
first and forward1362
first of alla1522
first and foremost1552
OE Cynewulf Elene 68 Here wicode, eorlas ymb æðeling, egstreame neahon neaweste nihtlangne fyrst, þæs þe hie feonda gefær fyrmest gesægon.
a1175 Cott. Hom. 235 Si forme lage þat is si ȝecende lage, þe god sett formest an þes mannes heorte.
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1472 Esau was firmest boren, And iacob sone after.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 268 He swor formest þat ȝe schuld haue no harm.
1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Bvjv The Logician first and formoste, professeth to know wordes, before he..knitte sentences.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 66 He formost dies, and yeelds to fatal dart: Ne liues she long.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Num. ii. 3) 3 Judah encamped foremost. It was fit the Lion should leade the way.
b. In the first place, firstly. See first adv. 1c.
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1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. vii. 15 For ich formest and ferst..Haue ybe vnboxome.
1583 G. Babington Very Fruitfull Expos. Commaundem. v. 212 First and formest..let them [etc.].
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 3 First and formest requisite it is, that the ground be good.

Derivatives

ˈforemostly adv. Obsolete in the foremost place, in front.
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the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]
aforeOE
forneOE
beforeOE
aforewarda1200
afornonc1275
toforec1330
onwardc1385
bifornysc1420
forouth1487
ahead1568
afrontc1570
forwardly1578
anteriorly1598
foremostly1607
devant1609
forward1619
forward on1630
front-wise1774
vanward1827
out front1934
upfront1937
the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > [adverb]
beforeeOE
aforeOE
toforec1330
forthwitha1400
forwitha1400
forouth1487
ahead1578
foremostly1607
on1792
forward1838
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster Famous Hist. Thomas Wyat sig. E Norfolke rides formostly, his crest well knowne.
?a1700 Ballad of Jephthah in Percy's Reliq. (1876) I. 184 When he saw his daughter dear Coming on most foremostly, He wrung his hands.
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