different between eminent vs uppermost

English

Etymology

From Middle French éminent, from Latin present participle ?min?ns, ?minentis, from verb ?mine? (“I project, I protrude”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + mine?, related to mons (English mount). Compare with imminent. Unrelated to emanate, which is instead from m?n? (“I flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m?n?nt/

Adjective

eminent (comparative more eminent, superlative most eminent)

1. (archaic) high, lofty.

   Synonyms: towering, prominent; see also Thesaurus:tall

2. noteworthy, remarkable, great.

   Synonyms: remarkable, outstanding; see also Thesaurus:notable

3. (of a person) distinguished, important, noteworthy.

   Synonyms: distinguished, noteworthy; see also Thesaurus:notable

Usage notes

Eminent and imminent are very similar sounds, and are weak rhymes; in some dialects, these may be confused. A typo of either word may result in a correction to the wrong word by spellchecking software. Eminent may also be confused with immanent, immanant, or emanate.

Derived terms

• eminence
• eminent domain
• eminently
• preeminent

Related terms

• imminent
• prominent

Translations

Further reading

• eminent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• eminent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• eminent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• T'ien-men, T'ien-mên, tinemen

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ?min?ns.

Adjective

eminent (masculine and feminine plural eminents)

1. eminent

Derived terms

• eminentment

Related terms

• eminència

Further reading

• “eminent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “eminent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “eminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “eminent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

German

Etymology

From French éminent, from Latin eminens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emi?n?nt]
• Hyphenation: emi?nent

Adjective

eminent (comparative eminenter, superlative am eminentesten)

1. eminent

Declension

Further reading

• “eminent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

?minent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ?mine?

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

eminent (indefinite singular eminent, definite singular and plural eminente)

1. eminent

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

eminent (indefinite singular eminent, definite singular and plural eminente)

1. eminent

Romanian

Etymology

From French éminent, from Latin eminens.

Adjective

eminent m or n (feminine singular eminent?, masculine plural eminen?i, feminine and neuter plural eminente)

1. notable

Declension

English

Etymology

upper +? -most

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?m??st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p??mo?st/

Adjective

uppermost (not comparable)

1. At or nearest the top of something.
   • 2005, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Tax reform: hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 8, 2005, Volume 36, Issues 109-123

     Well, to me, if you are restricting it to economic policy — because I can surely think of some noneconomic policy concerns that are more uppermost in my mind.

   • 2015, Lawrence A. Pervin, Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology

     As a result, it is not always an easy matter to evaluate, as an outsider, the effectiveness of a life-task strategy (i.e., sometimes the objective indicators of success and failure do not coincide with the goals most uppermost in a person's mind).

Synonyms

• upmost

Antonyms

• nethermost

Translations

Adjective

uppermost

1. (rare) superlative form of upper: most upper

Adverb

uppermost (not comparable)

1. In the highest position.