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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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maximum
English
Etymology
Via French from Latin maximum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mæks?m?m/
- Hyphenation: max?i?mum
Noun
maximum (plural maxima or maximums)
- The highest limit
- P. Colquhoun
- Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery.
- P. Colquhoun
- (mathematics) The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function
- (mathematical analysis) An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set
- (statistics) The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution
- (colloquial, snooker) A 147 break; the highest possible break
- (colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts
- (colloquial, cricket) A scoring shot for 6 runs
Usage notes
- Maxima is the more common plural, especially for the technical senses.
Synonyms
- max
Antonyms
- minimum
Hypernyms
- (statistics): measure of location
- extremum
Translations
Adjective
maximum (not comparable)
- To the highest degree.
- Synonym: maximal
Translations
Derived terms
Related terms
- supremum
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?maks?mum]
Noun
maximum n
- maximum
Declension
Antonyms
- minimum
Further reading
- maximum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- maximum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin maximum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?k.si?m?m/
- Hyphenation: ma?xi?mum
Noun
maximum n (plural maxima or maximums, diminutive maximumpje n)
- maximum
Antonyms
- minimum
Derived terms
- maximumleeftijd
- maximumloon
- maximumsnelheid
Related terms
- maximaal
Descendants
- Afrikaans: maksimum
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak.si.m?m/
Noun
maximum m (plural maxima or maximums)
- maximum
Derived terms
- grand maximum
- maximal
Further reading
- “maximum” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adjective
maximum
- nominative neuter singular of maximus
- accusative masculine singular of maximus
- accusative neuter singular of maximus
- vocative neuter singular of maximus
Romanian
Etymology
From French maximum
Noun
maximum n (uncountable)
- maximum
Declension
maximum From the web:
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- what maximum heart rate
- what maximum heart rate is safe
- what maximum heart rate when exercising
- what maximum ride character are you
- what maximum contribution to 401k
- what maximum unemployment benefit
- what maximum social security benefit
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