first and foremost

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Also, first of all. Most important, primarily; also, to begin with. For example, First and foremost, I want to thank our sponsors, or What we need, first and foremost, is a new secretary, or We have to deal, first of all, with the early history. The first term, dating from the late 1300s, is redundant, since first and foremost mean virtually the same thing. Both it and the variant, which dates from the mid-1500s, are used to give emphasis to the initial item in a list of several. Also see first off; first thing.

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释义	first and foremost SEE SYNONYMS FOR first and foremost ON THESAURUS.COM Also, first of all. Most important, primarily; also, to begin with. For example, First and foremost, I want to thank our sponsors, or What we need, first and foremost, is a new secretary, or We have to deal, first of all, with the early history. The first term, dating from the late 1300s, is redundant, since first and foremost mean virtually the same thing. Both it and the variant, which dates from the mid-1500s, are used to give emphasis to the initial item in a list of several. Also see first off; first thing. Words nearby first and foremost Firozabad, firry, first, first aid, First Amendment, first and foremost, first and last, first base, first baseman, first blood, first blush The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to first and foremost particularly, chiefly, mostly, largely, generally, notably, basically, predominantly, importantly, principally, primarily, above all, essentially, overall, substantially, usually, in general, in the main, on the whole, initially
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