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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: foremost adj 1: ranking above all others "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate" [syn: {first}, {top(a)}] 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}]
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