chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.
noun
a supreme ruler; overlord.
Origin of paramount
1525–35; <Anglo-French paramont above, equivalent to parper- + a mont<Latin ad montem to the mountain, hence, in Old French: upward, above; see ad-, mount2
With constant efforts from our SEO community to work out the best way to top rankings, it’s possible for us to close that gap and know for sure which trends are paramount, and which we can allow ourselves to overlook.
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One challenge for ViacomCBS is the majority of consumers may not immediately know what is part of the Paramount content universe, like they might for a more famous brand like Disney.
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For better or worse, we have been changed, and we can no more go back to who we were than Norma can convince Paramount to let her star in a movie about Salome.
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The company’s Paramount film studio was also hit by the shutdown of movie theaters.
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Privacy is paramount to librarians like me because patrons trust us with their data.
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But all the studios like Paramount that do art house films passed on it.
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He would talk to Mecallari and the staff about what was of paramount importance to him, his two sons.
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Hitchcock said that when Vertigo was finished, he took it to New York to screen it for the Paramount executives.
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Studies have shown that getting eight hours of sleep is paramount to achieving high performance.
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But it is also a rejoinder to the view, which I expressed, that ethical norms are paramount.
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The characters are all brimful of wholesome human interest with Brenda as a paramount attraction.
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That Ronnie was being kidnapped was the one idea of paramount importance.
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That the power of a husband was paramount he was well aware, but he did not exactly see his way to the exercise of it.
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In Nelson's practice at least their paramount function was to exercise the control which he was securing with his battle-squadron.
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There is only room for one paramount power in Southern Africa!
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British Dictionary definitions for paramount
paramount
/ (ˈpærəˌmaʊnt) /
adjective
of the greatest importance or significance; pre-eminent
noun
rarea supreme ruler
Derived forms of paramount
paramountcy, nounparamountly, adverb
Word Origin for paramount
C16: via Anglo-Norman from Old French paramont, from par by + -amont above, from Latin ad montem to the mountain