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preeminent
English
Alternative forms
- præeminent (18?th century)
- pre-eminent
- preëminent
Etymology
From Middle French preeminent and its source, Latin prae?min?ns, present participle of prae?min?re (“to stand out, excel”), from prae- (“pre-”) + ?min?re.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p?i???m?n?nt/
Adjective
preeminent (not comparable)
- Exceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important. [from 15th c.]
Derived terms
- preeminence
- preeminently
Translations
Anagrams
- repinement
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin prae?min?ns.
Adjective
preeminent (masculine and feminine plural preeminents)
- preeminent
Derived terms
- preeminentment
Related terms
- preeminència
Further reading
- “preeminent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “preeminent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “preeminent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “preeminent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Romanian
Etymology
From French prééminent
Adjective
preeminent m or n (feminine singular preeminent?, masculine plural preeminen?i, feminine and neuter plural preeminente)
- preeminent
Declension
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uppermost
English
Etymology
upper +? -most
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??p?m??st/
- (US) IPA(key): /??p??mo?st/
Adjective
uppermost (not comparable)
- 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).
- 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
Synonyms
- upmost
Antonyms
- nethermost
Translations
Adjective
uppermost
- (rare) superlative form of upper: most upper
Adverb
uppermost (not comparable)
- In the highest position.
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