Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In the highest position, place, or rank.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Highest in place; first in precedence: as, the uppermost seats.
- Highest in power; predominant; most powerful; first in force or strength.
- In the highest position or place; also, first in a series or in order of time.
- First in order of precedence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Highest in place, position, rank, power, or the like; upmost; supreme.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective At, or
nearest thetop of something. - adverb In the
highest position .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in or into the highest position
- adverb in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind
- adjective at or nearest to the top
Etymologies
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Examples
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The conclusion that three dice were deliberately placed with six uppermost is then a personal, not a statistical conclusion.
Clear Thinking? 2005
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The necessity of replacing the monk by the schoolmaster was recognized, but not the necessity of replacing the nun by the schoolmistress; the purely physical and reproductive idea of woman being once again uppermost, the need for training her mind no longer existed.
Marriage as a Trade 1909
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Preconceived idea again uppermost, he took literally many of her sallies and allusions to her husband, which were purposely Brobdignagian in their dimensions.
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And so for the day, and without mention of the name uppermost in the thoughts of each, the two had parted -- for the first time as friends.
An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier Charles King 1888
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Two portable millstones are used for the purpose, of which the uppermost is turned by a small wooden handle, and during the operation the maid sits behind the mill.
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If by uppermost he meant right beside his constant scheming to restore his treacherous family to the wealth and power they had squandered in disloyalty, then I suppose he spoke truly enough.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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If by uppermost he meant right beside his constant scheming to restore his treacherous family to the wealth and power they had squandered in disloyalty, then I suppose he spoke truly enough.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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"Protection" seems to be a word uppermost in this anti-democrats mind at the moment:
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"Protection" seems to be a word uppermost in this anti-democrats mind at the moment:
Archive 2008-06-29 2008
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With regard to the construction of bones, the bones and joints of the fingers are simple, the bones of the hand and foot are numerous, and articulated in various ways; the uppermost are the largest; the heel consists of one bone which is seen to project outward, and the back tendons are attached to it.
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