Uppermost Meaning
/ˈʌpəməʊst/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAt or nearest the top of something.
adjsuperlative form of upper: most upper., At or nearest the top of something.
Sentence Examples
You'll only see them in the uppermost canopy.
When the lift reaches the building's uppermost floors, its ceiling light starts to flicker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The flag was placed on the ____ floor of the tall building.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The safety of the passengers was the ____ concern for the airline staff during the whole of the flight today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English upper-moste; equivalent to upper + -most.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Well, to me, if you are restricting it to economic policy — because I can surely think of some noneconomic policy concerns that are more uppermost in my mind."
— 2005, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means, Tax reform: hearing before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 8, 2005, Volume 36, Issues 109-123:
"As a result, it is not always an easy matter to evaluate, as an outsider, the effectiveness of a life-task strategy (i.e., sometimes the objective indicators of success and failure do not coincide with the goals most uppermost in a person's mind)."
— 2015, Lawrence A. Pervin, Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology:
"This brings me to the uppermost problem for over-60-year-old lesbians. Loneliness."
— 1990 February 4, Ruth Mountaingrove, “Feeling Less Than A Peer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 14:
"For him, as for his colleagues, concern with priestly comportment and purity is uppermost."
— 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 735:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The flag was placed on the ____ floor of the tall building.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The safety of the passengers was the ____ concern for the airline staff during the whole of the flight today.