What does uttermost mean?

Definitions for uttermost
ˈʌt ərˌmoʊstut·ter·most

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. utmost, uttermost, maximum, level bestadjective

    the greatest possible degree

    "he tried his utmost"

  2. extreme, utmost(a), uttermost(a)adjective

    of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

    "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"

  3. farthermost, farthest, furthermost, furthest, utmost, uttermostadjective

    (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order

    "had traveled to the farthest frontier"; "don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree"; "explored the furthest reaches of space"; "the utmost tip of the peninsula"

Wiktionary

  1. uttermostnoun

    The utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent

  2. uttermostadjective

    Outermost

  3. uttermostadjective

    Extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree.

  4. Etymology: alteration of uttermest

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Uttermostadjective

    Etymology: from utter.

    Bereave me not,
    Whereon I live! thy gentle looks, thy aid,
    Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress. John Milton.

    The land, from the uttermost end of the straits on Peru side, did go towards the south. George Abbot, Descrip. of the World.

  2. Uttermostnoun

    The greatest degree.

    There needed neither promise nor persuasion to make her do her uttermost for her father’s service. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    He cannot have sufficient honour done unto him; but the uttermost we can do, we must. Richard Hooker, b. i.

Wikipedia

  1. Uttermost

    Uttermost (foaled 1942 in Ontario) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1945 won the three races that later formed the official Canadian Triple Crown series. Bred and raced by liquor magnate Harry C. Hatch, Uttermost was trained by Cecil Howard and ridden by future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey Bobby Watson. He was the top two-year-old in Canada and was the country's top horse in 1945 at age three.

ChatGPT

  1. uttermost

    Uttermost refers to the greatest possible degree or extent; the most extreme or furthest. It can pertain to distance, time, condition, quality, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Uttermostadjective

    extreme; utmost; being; in the farthest, greatest, or highest degree; as, the uttermost extent or end

  2. Uttermostnoun

    the utmost; the highest or greatest degree; the farthest extent

Wikidata

  1. Uttermost

    Uttermost was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1945 won the three races that would later form the official Canadian Triple Crown series. Bred and raced by liquor magnate, Harry C. Hatch, Uttermost was trained by Cecil Howard and ridden by future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Bobby Watson. Uttermost was the top two-year-old in Canada before his remarkable season in 1945 when he would again be the country's top horse.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Uttermost

    ut′ėr-mōst, adj. farthest out: utmost.—n. the greatest degree. [Same as utmost, the r being intrusive, and t being doubled on the analogy of utter.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of uttermost in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of uttermost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of uttermost in a Sentence

  1. George Santayana:

    Nothing can so pierce the soul as the uttermost sigh of the body.

  2. Robertson Davies:

    He was a genius - that is to say, a man who does superlatively and without obvious effort something that most people cannot do by the uttermost exertion of their abilities.

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