first and foremost
first and foremost adverb: primarily; most importantly.
Adverb
first and foremost (not comparable)
- Primarily; most importantly.
- "There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?"1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC
- First and foremost, there is currently lacking any single text which comes close to cataloguing the great variety of terms in use.2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide, page 2
- Synonyms:
- above all, chiefly, especially, namely, particularly, primarily
first and foremost meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese
first and foremost in Tamil
- எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் முன்பு
first and foremost in Arabic
- primarily; most importantly
- بَادِئَ ذِي بَدْءٍ bādiʔa ḏī badʔin
first and foremost in Vietnamese
- primarily; most importantly
- trước hết, trước nhất
Synonyms of first and foremost
Questions about first and foremost
- What does first and foremost mean?
- First and foremost means primarily; most importantly.
- What is first and foremost in Tamil?
- First and foremost in Tamil is எல்லாவற்றுக்கும் முன்பு. See First and foremost meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is first and foremost?
- First and foremost is an adverb.
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