utmost

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English ut (“‘out’”) + -most

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[edit] Adjective

utmost

  1. Situated at the most distant limit; farthest
  2. The most extreme; ultimate; greatest
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 236d.
      indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.

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Situated at the most distant limit
The most extreme, ultimate
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[edit] Noun

Singular
utmost

Plural
uncountable

utmost (uncountable)

  1. maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.

[edit] Translations

maximum
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