Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. First in time or place.
- adj. Ahead of all others, especially in position or rank; paramount. See Synonyms at chief.
- adv. In the front or first position.
- adv. So as to be most important.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adj. first, either in time or in space
- adj. of a higher rank or position; paramount
- adj. closest to the bow
- adv. in front
- adv. prominently forward
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- First in place, time, quality, station, honor, or dignity.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. before anything else
- adv. prominently forward
- adj. situated closest to the bow
- adj. preceding all others in spatial position
- adj. ranking above all others
Etymologies
Examples
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Among them, the foremost is the old commandment, as old as the oldest documents of any nation: Thou shalt not kill!
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First and foremost is the time he played Howard Payne, the maniacal disgruntled ex-cop, against Keanu Reeves in Speed (1994).
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“First and foremost is instituting a more stringent employee-training regimen and issuing a press release about it.”
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First and foremost is that program at Naperville Central HS, in Naperville, Illinois.
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My complaint with the book, first and foremost, is the “tag line” on the cover of the paperback (not sure if it was on the hardcover): Has history been wrong for 200 years?
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First and foremost is that you want to recognize that mental health problems, including addictions, are among the most common medical problems that exist!
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I want them to be touched by it because to me novel writing, first and foremost, is storytelling.
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That being first and foremost, is why JBT works as a brand.
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First and foremost is that all eBooks must meet the different needs of students with learning challenges.
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Some of them grew first and foremost from the setting.
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