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[ adjective ] ranking above all others

Synonyms

first top

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

best

2
[ adjective ] ranking above all others

Synonyms

first world-class

Examples

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

Related terms

best

3
[ adverb ] before anything else

Examples

"first we must consider the garter snake"

4
[ adverb ] prominently forward

Synonyms

first

Examples

"he put his best foot foremost"

5
[ adjective ] situated closest to the bow

Examples

"the foremost compartment of the ship"

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fore

6
[ adjective ] preceding all others in spatial position

Synonyms

frontmost

Examples

"the foremost compartment of the ship"

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front

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