What does Paramount mean?
Definitions for Paramount
ˈpær əˌmaʊntpara·mount
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Princeton's WordNet
overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderatingadjective
having superior power and influence
"the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
Wiktionary
paramountadjective
Supreme; highest.
Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Paramountadjective
Etymology: per and mount.
Leagues within the state are ever pernicious to monarchies; for they raise an obligation, paramount to obligation of sovereignty, and make the king, tanquam unus ex nobis. Francis Bacon.
The dogmatist’s opinioned assurance is paramount to argument, Joseph Glanvill.
If all power be derived from Adam, by divine institution, this is a right antecedent and paramount to all government; and therefore the positive laws of men cannot determine that which is itself the foundation of all law. John Locke.
Mankind, seeing the apostles possessed of a power plainly paramount to the powers of all the known beings, whether angels or dæmons, could not question their being inspired by God. Gilbert West, on the Resurrection.
John a Chamber was hanged upon a gibbet raised a stage higher in the midst of a square gallows, as a traitor paramount; and a number of his chief accomplices were hanged upon the lower story round him. Francis Bacon.
Paramountnoun
The chief.
In order came the grand infernal peers,
’Midst came their mighty paramount. John Milton, P. L.
ChatGPT
paramount
Paramount refers to something that is of utmost importance or significance, superior to all others in authority, power, or status.
Webster Dictionary
Paramountadjective
having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preeminent; as, a paramount duty
Paramountnoun
the highest or chief
Wikidata
Paramount
Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 54,098 down from 55,266 at the 2000 census. Paramount is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area; and is bordered by Compton and Lynwood to the west, South Gate and Downey to the north, Bellflower to the east and south, and Long Beach to the south.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Paramount
par′a-mownt, adj. superior to all others: chief: of the highest order or importance—opp. to Paravail.—n. the chief: a superior.—adv. Par′amountly. [O. Fr. par amont, par—L. prep. per; cf. Amount.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
paramount
The highest in rank or order; the chief.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Paramount in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Paramount in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Paramount in a Sentence
The safety and well-being of our veterans and personnel is paramount.
The safety and security of the campus community and general public who visit the institution remains paramount.
Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life.
We felt that in a situation where the public interest is deemed to be paramount to privacy - they're both very important and we have to weigh those and balance them - that we're making that exception.
The more I've learned about it, the more concerned I've become, we're very united, Republicans and Democrats, in saying that the safety of the President is paramount, and we're putting this person in jeopardy, and his family in jeopardy.
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- أساسيArabic
- höchst, überragend, vorrangigGerman
- κυρίαρχοςGreek
- sumo, supremoSpanish
- tärkeinFinnish
- primordial, capitalFrench
- ard-chummaghtagh, ard-niartalManx
- terpentingIndonesian
- supremoItalian
- パラマウントJapanese
- Et intonuitLatin
- overordnetNorwegian
- najważniejszyPolish
- vitalPortuguese
- supremRomanian
- высший, первостепенныйRussian
- överlägsenSwedish
- தலையாயTamil
- olağanüstü, azam, ulu, yüceTurkish
- 最重要的Chinese
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