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utmost
[ uht-mohstor, especially British, -muhst ]
adjective
- of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, or the like; greatest:
of the utmost importance.
- being at the farthest point or extremity; farthest:
the utmost reef of the island.
utmost
/ ˈʌtˌməʊst /
adjective
- of the greatest possible degree or amount
the utmost degree
- at the furthest limit
the utmost town on the peninsula
noun
- the greatest possible degree, extent, or amount
he tried his utmost
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of utmost1
Example Sentences
“Economics is a discipline that shapes decisions of the utmost consequence, and so matters to us all”, David Attenborough writes in a major new review into the relationship between economics and the natural environment, published on Tuesday.
The right screen will, of course, display all of your projector’s 1080p capabilities with the utmost fidelity, and it shouldn’t be a pain to set up or, if needed, move around.
Every single sentence from men carries utmost importance, and points out the right direction in which the world should advance.
The further down the funnel a customer goes, the more you should position your product as the utmost solution that they need.
We preach some things within our team that are of the utmost importance.
Lawler notes that in the Zoroastrian religion of the Persians, the rooster was of the utmost importance.
UPDATE: As of this writing, news of the utmost ghastliness has emerged from the Brazil camp.
For growing school-kids, healthy lunch is of utmost importance.
I don't get to spend my money or my time with utmost selfishness.
I have the utmost respect for them as colleagues, and value the work they do immensely.
The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.
It was with the utmost difficulty that his wiser subordinates got him to disarm the sepoy regiments in Agra itself.
In the eighth line we have “bells” seven times repeated in all—bells being taken in their utmost generality, viz., musical action.
Never did events of the utmost magnitude hinge on incidents so trivial to the community at large.
The utmost care has been taken in verifying the stock-sheets with the registers, and with checking the volumes themselves.
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