foremost

foremost
adjective
  1. the most prominent in rank, importance, or position
    最突出的,最杰出的,首要的
    one of the foremost art collectors of his day.
    他那时代最重要的艺术收藏家之一。
adverb
  1. before anything else in rank, importance, or position; in the first place
    在最前,最先
    it was, foremost, the first unequivocal demonstration of the process.
    最重要的是,这是首次明确示范这一过程。
语源
  1. Old English formest, fyrmest, from forma 'first' (ultimately a superlative formed from the Germanic base of fore) + -est. Compare with first and former. The current spelling arose by association with fore and most
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