See uppermost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "उत्तम"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"lang_code": "txb",
"sense": "at or nearest the top",
"word": "ustama"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"lang_code": "ota",
"roman": "üst",
"sense": "at or nearest the top",
"word": "اوست"
}
],
"word": "uppermost"
}
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"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
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"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hindi translations",
"Terms with Indonesian translations",
"Terms with Korean translations",
"Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Sanskrit translations",
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "upper-moste"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "upper",
"3": "most"
},
"expansion": "upper + -most",
"name": "suffix"
}
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{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "uppermost (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"In the highest position."
],
"links": [
[
"highest",
"highest"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈʌpəməʊst/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʌpɚˌmoʊst/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
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}
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}
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