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Definitions for foremost
ˈfɔrˌmoʊst, -məst, ˈfoʊr-fore·most

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. first, foremost, world-classadjective

    ranking above all others

    "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

  2. foremost, frontmostadjective

    preceding all others in spatial position

    "the foremost compartment of the ship"

  3. foremostadverb

    situated closest to the bow

    "the foremost compartment of the ship"

  4. foremost, firstadverb

    prominently forward

    "he put his best foot foremost"

  5. first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first offadverb

    before anything else

    "first we must consider the garter snake"

Wiktionary

  1. foremostadverb

    in front

  2. foremostadverb

    prominently forward

  3. foremostadjective

    first, either in time or in space

  4. foremostadjective

    of a higher rank or position; paramount

  5. foremostadjective

    closest to the bow

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Foremostadjective

    Etymology: from fore.

    Our women in the foremost ranks appear;
    March to the fight, and meet your mistress there. Dryden.

    I stand astonish’d! what, the bold Sempronius,
    That still broke foremost through the crowd of patriots,
    As with a hurricane of zeal transported,
    And virtuous ev’n to madness! Joseph Addison, Cato.

    All three were set among the foremost ranks of fame, for great minds to attempt, and great force to perform what they did attempt. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

    These ride foremost in the field,
    As they the foremost rank of honour held. Dryden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Foremostadjective

    first in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army

  2. Etymology: [OE. formest first, AS. formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a.]

Freebase

  1. Foremost

    Foremost is a village in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located 106 km south-west of Medicine Hat, along the Red Coat Trail, in Forty Mile County. Foremost has a strong agriculture industry. Recreation facilities include an ice arena, swimming pool, curling rink, ice fishing, and ball diamonds. Every June the residents hold a parade, rodeo and tough truck competition. Hockey is a big sport in Foremost. The local team is called the Foremost Flyers. They have multiple provincial and regional titles. The school has a long history of winning sports teams. The Foremost Falcons and Forettes have won many provincial titles in basketball, volleyball, track and field and cross country running. The village also has a strong arts community presenting community theatre as well as a school dramatic department.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Foremost

    fōr′mōst, adj. first in place: most advanced: first in rank or dignity. [A.S. forma, first, superl. of fore, and superl. suffix -st. It is therefore a double superl.; the old and correct form was formest, which was wrongly divided for-mest instead of form-est, and the final -mest was mistaken for -most.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. foremost

    Anything which is nearer to the head of a ship than another.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of foremost in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of foremost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of foremost in a Sentence

  1. Bobby Brown:

    First and foremost, 23 years ago today, Bobbi Kristina was born. Krissy will always live in my heart and soul, i love my baby girl.

  2. Olivia Volkert:

    First and foremost, Stacey Abrams's an African American woman running for governor in Georgia. That speaks for itself, i also think.

  3. Finance Minister Michel Sapin:

    First and foremost we must be firm, doing otherwise would be wrong with respect to (other) labor unions, most of whom support the text.

  4. Josh Shapiro:

    First and foremost, the good people of Pennsylvania have a right to both be safe in their communities and also to feel safe in their communities, we have a number of ways we're going to do that. First, as governor, I am going to hire more than 2,000 police officers for the Commonwealth. We have too many areas that don't have adequate policing.

  5. Kedar Joshi:

    Meditation should be the foremost technology of the 21st century; the technology of reprogramming the non-spatial universal computer.

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