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[ adjective ] approaching or constituting a maximum
Synonyms Examples "maximal temperature" "maximum speed" "working at peak efficiency" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)I was delighted with Paula_Prentiss ' comedy performance , which was as fresh and unstilted as one 's highest hopes might ask . (Jack Kaplan, "The Health Machine Menace: Therapy by...)The Postmaster_General recently reported that mail_order frauds - among which fake therapeutic devices figure prominently - are at the highest level in history . (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)This is much smaller than the highest resolution of even the very large reflectors now under construction , and consequently the radio_emission of different regions of the disk cannot be resolved . (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)Matheson highest purity tank chlorine was passed through a tube of resublimed * * f into an evacuated Pyrex system where it was condensed with liquid_air . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)National_leaders will have_to display the highest skills of statesmanship to guide their people through times of uncertainty and confusion which destroy men 's sense of identity . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] highest and most significant
Examples "his highest achievement" Used in print ("Editorials"...)Since he has just shown who is top_dog , he may not be ready to receive this highest honor in the gift of the Soviet people . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)Religion at its best also offers the experience of spiritual fulfillment by inviting man into the highest realm of the spirit . Religion can summate , epitomize , relate , and conserve all the highest ideals and values - ethical , aesthetic , and religious - of man formed in his culture . Furthermore , religion tends to integrate the whole range of values from the highest or ultimate values of God to the intermediary and subordinate values ; for_example , those regarding material objects and pragmatic ends . Related terms |
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