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单词 foremost
释义
foremost
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adjadv

Foremost is an adjective that means holding the highest position or rank. When naming advisors, presidents usually search for the foremost experts on various subjects.
If you are the foremost in your profession, you're the expert people will seek out for an opinion. If your foremost concern in a project is money, all other factors are secondary. You can also use this word as an adverb meaning "before anything else." The film, Gone With the Wind, is set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, but first and foremost, it is a love story.
WORD FAMILY
foremost: foremostly+/most: foremost, moster, mostest, mostly, mosts
USAGE EXAMPLES
The filing says the second roadblock is banking regulator approval of Capital One’s proposed takeover of Cabela’s Lincoln-based World’s Foremost Bank.
Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)
Several of the company’s foremost Sugarplums still dance Dewdrop; it suits some of them better.
New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)
First and foremost, we – like all professors – are bound by university and academic standards.
Salon(Dec 28, 2016)
1adj ranking above all others
the foremost figure among marine artists
Syn
first, world-class
best
(superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
2adj preceding all others in spatial position
the foremost compartment of the ship
Syn
frontmost
front
relating to or located in the front
3adj situated closest to the bow
the foremost compartment of the ship
Syn
fore
situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
4adv before anything else
Syn
first, first of all, first off, firstly
5adv prominently forward
he put his best foot foremost
Syn
first
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