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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Foremost \Fore"most`\, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
     fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
     fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and
     cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a.]
     First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
     dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Foremost \Fore"most`\, a. [OE. formest first, AS. formest,
     fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore
     fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and
     cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a.]
     First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or
     dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
  
           THat struck the foremost man of all this world. --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  foremost
       adj 1: ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the
              foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top
              graduate" [syn: first, world-class]
       2: situated closest to the bow; "the foremost compartment of
          the ship"
       3: preceding all others in spatial position; "the foremost
          compartment of the ship" [syn: frontmost]
       adv 1: prominently forward; "he put his best foot foremost" [syn: first]
       2: before anything else; "first we must consider the garter
          snake" [syn: first, firstly, first of all, first
          off]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foremost
     a.
     Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
     adv.
     In front, prominently forward.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Foremost
     n.
     (place en village p/Alberta c/Canada).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  foremost
     a.
     Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
     adv.
     In front, prominently forward.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Foremost
     n.
     (place en village p/Alberta c/Canada).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  foremost
     a.
     Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
     adv.
     In front, prominently forward.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Foremost
     n.
     (place en village p/Alberta c/Canada).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  foremost
     a.
     Positioned in front of (all) others in space, most forward.
     adv.
     In front, prominently forward.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Foremost
     n.
     (place en village p/Alberta c/Canada).

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  foremost
     Engelska a.
     främst
     Engelska adv.
     främst

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  أوّل

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  foremost //ˈfɔː.məʊst// 
  1. пръв
  2. челен
  closest to the bow

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  foremost //ˈfɔː.məʊst// 
  първо

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/ 
  nejlepší

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  nejprve

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  na prvním místě

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  in erster Linie, zuallererst, vor allem, primär [geh.] , zuvorderst  [veraltet]
        "put safety first/foremost"  - Sicherheit an die erste Stelle setzen
     Synonyms: first and foremost, primarily
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  führend, maßgebend 
     Synonym: leading
  
   see: leading player
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  vorderst, vorderste, vorderster, vorderstes
     Synonym: front
  
   see: forward, fore, front, anterior
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  
  πρώτος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  foremost //ˈfɔː.məʊst// 
  keulimmainen
  closest to the bow

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/ 
  1. सर्वप्रथम
        "Hillary was the foremost person to conquer the Mount Everest."
  2. प्रधान
        "Educating the masses is the foremost need."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/ 
  1. सर्वाधिक
        "I'm foremost concerned about my career."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  glavni, najprije, prvi

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  1. elsônek
  2. elsôként
  3. legelsô

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  foremost /fɔːrməʋst/
  1. priekinis
  2. svarbiausias, stambiausias
  3. pirma, visų pirma, pirmiausia
     See also: firstly
  
     See also: first of all
  

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  foremost /ˈfɔ:məʊst/ 
   1.  czołowy, główny
   2.  first and foremost (:first :and :foremost)
   - przede wszystkim

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  foremost /fˈɔːməʊst/
  1. başta gelen, en öndeki
  2. başta. first and foremost en başta, evvelâ. head foremost başı önde
  3. çekinme(den.)

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɔɹˌmoʊst/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  90 Moby Thesaurus words for "foremost":
     ahead, all-absorbing, antecedent, anterior, arch, banner, before,
     best, capital, cardinal, central, champion, chief, controlling,
     crowning, dominant, exordial, first, firstly, focal, fore,
     foregoing, forehand, forward, front, frontal, great, head, heading,
     headmost, hegemonic, highest, in advance, in front,
     in the forefront, in the foreground, in the front, in the lead,
     inaugural, initial, initiatory, leading, magisterial, maiden, main,
     master, notable, noted, noteworthy, overriding, overruling,
     paramount, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory,
     predominant, preeminent, prefatory, preliminary, preludial,
     prelusive, premier, preparatory, preponderant, prevailing,
     prevenient, primal, primarily, primary, prime, principal, prior,
     proemial, prominent, propaedeutic, ranking, ruling, sovereign,
     star, stellar, supereminent, superior, supreme, to the fore,
     to the front, topflight, topmost, up ahead, uppermost
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a.最重要的; 最先的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 最前面的,最重要的
     ad. 在最前列;首先,第一

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