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[ adjective ] ranking above all others
Examples "was first in her class" "the foremost figure among marine artists" "the top graduate" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)Among the observers of the 1946 tsunami at Hilo was Francis_P._Shepard of the Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography , one of the world 's foremost marine geologists . (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Professor_Fredrik_Bo ^ o ^ k , Sweden 's foremost critic of the period , acclaims it as_follows : `` In this we have the verse of a painter ; strongly colorful , plastic , racy , vivid . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] ranking above all others
Synonyms Examples "was first in her class" "the foremost figure among marine artists" "the top graduate" Related terms |
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[ adverb ] before anything else
Synonyms Examples "first we must consider the garter snake" |
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[ adjective ] situated closest to the bow
Examples "the foremost compartment of the ship" Related terms |
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