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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•a•mount /ˈpærəˌmaʊnt/USA pronunciation adj. - chief in importance or effect or impact:a question of paramount importance.
- above others in rank or authority;
superior:the paramount leader.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•a•mount (par′ə mount′),USA pronunciation adj. - chief in importance or impact;
supreme;
preeminent:a point of paramount significance. - above others in rank or authority;
superior in power or jurisdiction.
n. - a supreme ruler;
overlord.
- Latin ad montem to the mountain, hence, in Old French: upward, above; see ad-, mount2
- Anglo-French paramont above, equivalent. to par per- + a mont
- 1525–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See dominant.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unimportant.
Par•a•mount (par′ə mount′),USA pronunciation n. - Place Namesa city in SW California, near Los Angeles. 36,407.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: paramount /ˈpærəˌmaʊnt/ adj - of the greatest importance or significance; pre-eminent
Etymology: 16th Century: via Anglo-Norman from Old French paramont, from par by + -amont above, from Latin ad montem to the mountainˈparaˌmountcy n ˈparaˌmountly adv |