utmostadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈʌt.məʊst/us/ˈʌt.moʊst/formal uttermost, uk/ˈʌt.ə-/us/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ-/C1 used to emphasize how important or serious something is:
a matter of the utmost importance
The situation needs to be handled with the utmost care.
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Serious and severe
- acute
- acutely
- chronic
- critical
- critically
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- serious
- seriously
- severely
- severity
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
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utmostnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈʌt.məʊst/us/ˈʌt.moʊst/formal uttermost, uk/ˈʌt.əˌməʊst/us/ˈʌ.t̬ɚmoʊst/the greatest amount or degree possible:
The new model of the car offers the utmost in power and performance.
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Maximum and minimum
- (at) full stretch idiom
- at least idiom
- bare
- ceiling
- critical mass
- full
- limit
- majority
- mass
- max
- max out
- maximal
- min
- minimum
- minority
- most
- most
- outside
- peak
- the full monty
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Idiom(s)
do/try your utmost