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uppermost

UK/ˈʌpəməʊst//ˈʌpɚˌmoʊst/

uppermost adjective: at or nearest the top of something.

Adjective

uppermost

  1. At or nearest the top of something.
    • She couldn't reach the bowls on the uppermost shelf, so she made do with a mug.
    • 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.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...
    Synonyms:
    upmost, topmost, highest
  2. Of top rank, importance, etc.
    • of uppermost importance
    • of uppermost concern
    Synonyms:
    upmost, topmost, highest
    Antonyms:
    lowest, least

Adverb

uppermost (not comparable)

  1. In the highest position.

uppermost meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

uppermost in Hindi

at or nearest the top
सर्वोच्च sarvocc

uppermost in Tamil

முகட்டுச்சி

uppermost in Malayalam

സർവ്വാധികാരമുള്ള, അത്യുന്നതനായ, ഉയരമുള്ള, അത്യുച്ചമായ

uppermost in Sanskrit

at or nearest the top
उत्तम uttama
More languagesFewer languages
uppermost in Indonesian
teratas

Examples of uppermost in a sentence

  • This brings me to the uppermost problem for over-60-year-old lesbians.1990 February 4, Ruth Mountaingrove, “Feeling Less Than A Peer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 14:
  • For him, as for his colleagues, concern with priestly comportment and purity is uppermost.2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 735:

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Synonyms of uppermost

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of uppermost

Origin of uppermost

From Middle English upper-moste; equivalent to upper + -most.

Questions about uppermost

What does uppermost mean?
Uppermost means at or nearest the top of something.
What is uppermost in Hindi?
Uppermost in Hindi is सर्वोच्च (sarvocc). See Uppermost meaning in Hindi.
How do you use uppermost in a sentence?
This brings me to the uppermost problem for over-60-year-old lesbians.
What part of speech is uppermost?
Uppermost can be an adjective or an adverb.
How do you pronounce uppermost?
Uppermost is pronounced /ˈʌpəməʊst/ (UK).

Words near uppermost in the dictionary

  1. upperhand
  2. upperhands
  3. Upperlands
  4. Uppermill
  5. uppermore
  6. uppermost
  7. upperpart
  8. upperparts
  9. uppers
  10. uppersemilattice
  11. uppersemilattices

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uppermost (page history and authors); uppermost (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); uppermost (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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