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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʌtmə(ʊ̯)st/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌtmoʊ̯st/ [General-American], [ˈʌʔ-] [General-American], [ˈət-] [General-American] Audio: En-us-utmost.ogg
enPR: ŭt'mōst [General-American] Etymology: PIE word *úd From Middle English utmost, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ūtmest, ūtemest [and other forms], from ūt, ūte (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). Ūt is derived from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”). Equivalent to out + -most. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|úd}} PIE word *úd, {{root|en|ine-pro|*-mHo-}}, {{inh|en|enm|utmost}} Middle English utmost, {{nb...|otemeste, otemost, ottemeste, ottemoste, vttemest, vtmest, (Northern England) vtmast, (Scotland) vtmast, vtmest|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|ūtmest}} Old English ūtmest, {{nb...|(Northumbria) wutmest|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|superlative}} superlative, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ūt|t=out, outward}} Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*úd|t=out, outward}} Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”), {{suffix|en|out|most}} out + -most Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} utmost (not comparable)
  1. Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: outmost, uttermost, yondermost Translations (situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost): краен (kraen) (Bulgarian), пределен (predelen) (Bulgarian), най-далечен (naj-dalečen) (Bulgarian), 極度 (Chinese Mandarin), 极度 (jídù) (Chinese Mandarin), uiterst (Dutch), ääri- (Finnish), kauin (Finnish), kaukaisin (Finnish), extrême (French), äußerst (German), legtávolabbi (Hungarian), legvégső (Hungarian), estremo (Italian), 極度な (kyokudo na) (alt: きょくどな) (Japanese), 最大の (saidai no) (alt: さいだいの) (Japanese), derradeiro (Portuguese), extremo (Portuguese), кра́йний (krájnij) (Russian), преде́льный (predélʹnyj) (Russian), кра̑јњӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), krȃjnjī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), extremo (Spanish), yttersta (Swedish), кра́йній (krájnij) (Ukrainian), найвідда́леніший (najviddálenišyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-utmost-en-adj-Sxe0gep1 Disambiguation of 'situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost': 73 27
  2. The most extreme; greatest, ultimate. Tags: not-comparable Translations (most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate): آخِر (ʔāḵir) (Arabic), առավելագույն (aṙavelaguyn) (Armenian), ծայրահեղ (cayraheġ) (Armenian), հետին (hetin) (Armenian), максимален (maksimalen) (Bulgarian), (Chinese Mandarin), (jí) (Chinese Mandarin), 最大 (zuìdà) (Chinese Mandarin), hoogst (Dutch), uiterst (Dutch), äärimmäinen (Finnish), mahdollisimman (note: + adverb) (Finnish), extrême (French), plus grand [masculine] (French), suprême (French), უკიდურესი (uḳiduresi) (Georgian), äußerst (German), höchst (German), άκρος (ákros) (Greek), υπέρτατος (ypértatos) (Greek), legnagyobb (Hungarian), 最大の (saidai no) (alt: さいだいの) (Japanese), յետին (yetin) (Old Armenian), derradeiro (Portuguese), extremo (Portuguese), экстрема́льный (ekstremálʹnyj) (Russian), наивы́сший (naivýsšij) (Russian), преде́льный (predélʹnyj) (Russian), велича́йший (veličájšij) (Russian), кра̑јњӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), krȃjnjī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), descollante (Spanish), extremado (Spanish), sobresaliente (Spanish), sumo (Spanish), yttersta (Swedish), สุดยอด (sùt-yɔ̂ɔt) (Thai), ยิ่ง (yîng) (Thai), грани́чний (hranýčnyj) (Ukrainian), найбі́льший (najbílʹšyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-utmost-en-adj-lkhaH~lS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -most, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 47 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -most: 8 42 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 43 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 47 50 Disambiguation of 'most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate': 13 87
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Derived forms: utmostly Related terms: outermost, outmost, uttermost

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌtmə(ʊ̯)st/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌtmoʊ̯st/ [General-American], [ˈʌʔ-] [General-American], [ˈət-] [General-American] Audio: En-us-utmost.ogg Forms: utmosts [plural]
enPR: ŭt'mōst [General-American] Etymology: PIE word *úd From Middle English utmost, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ūtmest, ūtemest [and other forms], from ūt, ūte (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). Ūt is derived from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”). Equivalent to out + -most. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|úd}} PIE word *úd, {{root|en|ine-pro|*-mHo-}}, {{inh|en|enm|utmost}} Middle English utmost, {{nb...|otemeste, otemost, ottemeste, ottemoste, vttemest, vtmest, (Northern England) vtmast, (Scotland) vtmast, vtmest|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{inh|en|ang|ūtmest}} Old English ūtmest, {{nb...|(Northumbria) wutmest|otherforms=1}} [and other forms], {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|superlative}} superlative, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*ūt|t=out, outward}} Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*úd|t=out, outward}} Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”), {{suffix|en|out|most}} out + -most Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} utmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)
  1. The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: yondermost Derived forms: do one's utmost Translations (greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum): ἔσχᾰτον (éskhaton) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), uiterste [neuter] (Dutch), äärimmäisyys (compare äärimmilleen) (english: to one's extreme(s), to the utmost) (Finnish), maximum [masculine] (French), plus grand [masculine] (French), Äußerstes [neuter] (German), Möglichstes [neuter] (German), מקסימום (máksimum) [masculine] (Hebrew), טופ (tóp) [masculine] (Hebrew), 最大 (saidai) (alt: さいだい) (Japanese), máximo [masculine] (Spanish), máximum [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-utmost-en-noun-2eUyVCvZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -most, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Old Armenian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 47 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -most: 8 42 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 42 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 43 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 47 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 11 31 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 40 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 38 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 39 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 6 39 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 7 37 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 6 30 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 31 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 38 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 38 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 8 39 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 34 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Armenian translations: 8 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 7 39 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 38 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 8 39 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 39 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 39 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 7 41 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 39 54

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈuːtmɔːst/ Forms: utmostes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“furthest”). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|ūtemest}} Old English ūtemest Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} utmost, {{enm-noun|utmostes}} utmost (plural utmostes)
  1. The extremities, farthest reaches. Synonyms: utmeste
    Sense id: en-utmost-enm-noun-VzD943KZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "the utmost limits of the land",
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          "ref": "[1633], George Herbert, “The Sacrifice”, in [Nicholas Ferrar], editor, The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC, page 26:",
          "text": "Betwixt two thieves I [Jesus] ſpend my utmoſt breath, / As he that for ſome robberie ſuffereth.",
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          "ref": "1644 October 21 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for 11 October 1644]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, →OCLC, page 72:",
          "text": "[W]e coaſted within 2 leagues of Antibes, which is the utmoſt towne in France.",
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          "ref": "1733, Danby Pickering, “Cap. IX. An Act to Explain and Amend Two Acts of Parliament, […], for Making Navigable the River Dun in the County of York, […]”, in The Statutes at Large, from the Second to the 9th Year of King George II. […], volume XVI, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Joseph Bentham, […]; for Charles Bathurst, […], published 1765, →OCLC, page 370:",
          "text": "[T]he maſters, wardens, ſearchers, aſſiſtants and commonalty of the company of cutlers in Hallamſhire in the county of York, their ſucceſſors and aſſigns, are nominated and appointed undertakers of the ſaid navigation, with power to make the ſaid river navigable, at their own expence, from Holmſtile aforeſaid, up the ſaid river above Holmſtile to the utmoſt extent of Tinſley westward, [...]",
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          "ref": "1852 March, Professor Larrabee, “The Heavens”, in W. C. Larrabee, editor, The Ladies’ Repository: A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to Literature and Religion, volume XII, Cincinnati, Oh.: L. Swormstedt and A. Poe; […], →OCLC, page 109, column 1:",
          "text": "As yet we are far from having explored the utmost depths of space. Our telescopes have only reached a limited distance into the regions of the heavens.",
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          "ref": "1997, Luigi Giussani, “The Hypothesis of Revelation: Conditions for Its Acceptability”, in John Zucchi, transl., The Religious Sense, Montreal, Que.: McGill–Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 141:",
          "text": "Our nature is need for truth and fulfilment, or, in other words, happiness. [...] But this desire, having reached the extreme borders of our life experience, still does not find what it has been searching for: at the utmost frontier of its lived territory, this urgent need of ours still has not found its answer.",
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          "word": "极度"
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          "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
          "word": "extrême"
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          "word": "äußerst"
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          "word": "estremo"
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          "alt": "きょくどな",
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          "word": "極度な"
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          "alt": "さいだいの",
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          "roman": "saidai no",
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          "word": "最大の"
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          "word": "derradeiro"
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          "word": "extremo"
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          "word": "кра́йний"
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          "roman": "predélʹnyj",
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          "word": "преде́льный"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
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          "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
          "word": "extremo"
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
          "word": "yttersta"
        },
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          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "krájnij",
          "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
          "word": "кра́йній"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "73 27",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "najviddálenišyj",
          "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
          "word": "найвідда́леніший"
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          "text": "the utmost assiduity",
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        {
          "text": "the utmost harmony",
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        {
          "text": "the utmost misery or happiness",
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          "ref": "c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 17, column 1:",
          "text": "Ile go to him, and vndertake to bring him in peace, / Where he ſhall anſwer by a lawfull Forme, / (In peace) to his vtmoſt perill.",
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        {
          "ref": "1752, Jerome Osorio [i.e., Jerónimo Osório], “Book XI”, in James Gibbs, transl., The History of the Portuguese, during the Reign of Emmanuel: […], volume II, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, page 239:",
          "text": "She was a lady adorned with many noble virtues: the utmoſt ſtrictneſs in her life and morals, eaſy and affable in her behaviour, and agreeably modeſt in her converſation.",
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          "ref": "1824, W[illiam] Bingley, Animal Biography, or, Popular Zoology; […], 6th edition, volumes II (Mammiferous Animals—Birds), London: […] C[harles] and J[ohn] Rivington; …, →OCLC, pages 26–27:",
          "text": "The migrations of the Economic Rats, are not less extraordinary than those of the Lemmings. In the spring of the year they collect together in amazing numbers, and proceed in a course directly westward; swimming with the utmost intrepidity over rivers, lakes, and even arms of the sea.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, “Wherein Certain Persons are Presented to the Reader, with Whom He may, if He Please, Become Better Acquainted”, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC, page 16:",
          "text": "\"Bah!\" cried John Westlock, with the utmost disgust and disdain the monosyllable is capable of expressing.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1892, Walt Whitman, “Children of Adam: I Sing the Body Electric”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 6, page 84:",
          "text": "The wildest largest passions, bliss that is utmost, sorrow that is utmost become him well, pride is for him, / The full-spread pride of man is calming and excellent to the soul, [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Susan Hodges, Roy Carlile, “Utmost Good Faith, Disclosure and Representations”, in Cases and Materials on Marine Insurance Law, London: Cavendish Publishing, →ISBN, page 213:",
          "text": "A contract of marine insurance is uberrimae fidel or, as enunciated in s 17 of the Marine Insurance Act, 'a contract based upon the utmost good faith'. [...] The obligations to disclose and to abstain from misrepresentations constitute the most significant manifestations of the duty to observe utmost good faith.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Elizabeth Bevarly, “The Temptation of Rory Monahan”, in Katherine Garbera, Elizabeth Bevarly, An Irresistible Temptation (Harlequin Man of the Month), Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin Enterprises, published 2015, →ISBN, chapter 1, page 184:",
          "text": "Of course, everything was of utmost importance to Isabel Trent, Miriam thought with a sigh. Nevertheless she adopted her expression of utmost gravity as she replied, \"Oh? I'm all ears.\"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2005, Plato, translated by Lesley Brown, Sophist, page 236d:",
          "text": "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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          "roman": "ʔāḵir",
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          "word": "آخِر"
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          "roman": "aṙavelaguyn",
          "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
          "word": "առավելագույն"
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          "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
          "word": "հետին"
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          "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
          "word": "極"
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          "word": "极"
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          "word": "legnagyobb"
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          "word": "最大の"
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          "word": "derradeiro"
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          "word": "descollante"
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          "word": "extremado"
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          "word": "sobresaliente"
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          "word": "sumo"
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          "word": "yttersta"
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          "word": "สุดยอด"
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          "roman": "yîng",
          "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
          "word": "ยิ่ง"
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          "roman": "hranýčnyj",
          "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
          "word": "грани́чний"
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          "roman": "najbílʹšyj",
          "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
          "word": "найбі́льший"
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          "text": "[T]he utmoſt they could do, was to perſuade Him to lay aſide all Rancor and Diſcontent againſt thoſe Confederate Lords, and to hearken to their deſires.",
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          "ref": "1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “Stave Four. The Last of the Spirits.”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 122–123:",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "kauin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "kaukaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "extrême"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "äußerst"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "legtávolabbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "legvégső"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "estremo"
    },
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      "alt": "きょくどな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyokudo na",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "極度な"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さいだいの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saidai no",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "最大の"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "derradeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "extremo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krájnij",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "кра́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predélʹnyj",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "преде́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кра̑јњӣ"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "krȃjnjī"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "extremo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "yttersta"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krájnij",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "кра́йній"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "najviddálenišyj",
      "sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
      "word": "найвідда́леніший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔāḵir",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "آخِر"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aṙavelaguyn",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "առավելագույն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cayraheġ",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "ծայրահեղ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hetin",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "հետին"
    },
    {
      "code": "xcl",
      "lang": "Old Armenian",
      "roman": "yetin",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "յետին"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "maksimalen",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "максимален"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "極"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jí",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "极"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuìdà",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "最大"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "hoogst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "uiterst"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "äärimmäinen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "note": "+ adverb",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "mahdollisimman"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "extrême"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "suprême"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "uḳiduresi",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "უკიდურესი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "äußerst"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "höchst"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "άκρος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "υπέρτατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "legnagyobb"
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      "alt": "さいだいの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saidai no",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "最大の"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "derradeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "extremo"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ekstremálʹnyj",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "экстрема́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naivýsšij",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "наивы́сший"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predélʹnyj",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "преде́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "veličájšij",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "велича́йший"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "кра̑јњӣ"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "descollante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "extremado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "sobresaliente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "sumo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "yttersta"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sùt-yɔ̂ɔt",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "สุดยอด"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yîng",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "ยิ่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hranýčnyj",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "грани́чний"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "najbílʹšyj",
      "sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
      "word": "найбі́льший"
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          "text": "[...] I am reſolved to pluck up the heart of a man, and to try my utmoſt to get from under his hand.",
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          "text": "[T]he utmoſt they could do, was to perſuade Him to lay aſide all Rancor and Diſcontent againſt thoſe Confederate Lords, and to hearken to their deſires.",
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          "text": "But Scrooge was all the worse for this. It thrilled him with a vague uncertain horror, to know that behind the dusky shroud there were ghostly eyes intently fixed upon him, while he, though he stretched his own to the utmost, could see nothing but a spectral hand and one great heap of black.",
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          "text": "Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.",
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          "ref": "2011, Simone de Beauvoir, “January 1947 – October 1951: America”, in Quintin Hoare, transl., Letters to Sartre, New York, N.Y.: Arcade Publishing, →ISBN, page 415:",
          "text": "We drank martinis, while she gazed into my eyes and talked of Dolores – in tones of the utmost loathing – and of you, in tones of the utmost self-importance.",
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      "word": "äärimmäisyys (compare äärimmilleen)"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Äußerstes"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "מקסימום"
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      "sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "טופ"
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      "sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
      "word": "最大"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“furthest”).",
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      "form": "utmostes",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns",
        "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
        "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The extremities, farthest reaches."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "extremities",
          "extremities"
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          "reach",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːtmɔːst/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "utmeste"
    }
  ],
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}

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