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- adjective
superlative form ofhigh : mosthigh . - adverb
superlative form ofhigh : mosthigh .
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Here and elsewhere in the book, we shall use the term highest tantra to refer both to anuttarayoga in the Gelug, Kagyu, and Sakya systems and to the unit formed by mahayoga, anuyoga, and atiyoga (dzogchen, rdzogs-chen; the great completeness) in the Nyingma tradition.
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At one point the term highest values came into the conversation as the common denominator for every civilization-what we all could agree on (for instance, the desire for happiness) - when talk of God fell flat (as it should).
PoetryFoundation.org 2009
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THIS is what you call the highest priority of children?
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The fact is that Barack Obama's been very clear that he will tax what he calls the highest income earners.
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The fact is that Barack Obama's been very clear that he will tax what he calls the highest income earners.
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Still, though, these hearings are an important forum for Gates for explaining how he would chart U.S. military strategy, especially in the conflict which he calls his highest priority.
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Now, in case development took place in the above sense, it may have passed ever so gradually; the epochs of preparation between that which we know as highest animal development and that which constitutes the substance of man, may have stretched over ever so many generations, and, if the friends of evolution desire it, we say over ever so many thousands of generations; yet that which makes man
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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Indeed, the interests which we call the highest are properly so designated, because in the history of mankind they have proved themselves to be the most beneficial to all.
Increasing Human Efficiency in Business: A Contribution to the Psychology of Business 1910
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They are not immovable — they come to us from the outside, and what we call the highest is for ever changing.
Christian Doctrine of Sin 1823-1886 1876
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In interviews, some of the panel members said they hoped that the mere discussion of such drastic steps would jolt the public and policy makers into meaningful action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which they called the highest priority.
NYT > Home Page By CORNELIA DEAN 2011
vanishedone commented on the word highest
Strangely enough, WordNet defines lowest and higher but not highest.
November 4, 2008