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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",
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"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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"text": "the utmost assiduity",
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"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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"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.",
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"ref": "1999, Susan Hodges, Roy Carlile, “Utmost Good Faith, Disclosure and Representations”, in Cases and Materials on Marine Insurance Law, London: Cavendish Publishing, 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, 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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"word": "უკიდურესი"
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"word": "höchst"
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"word": "legnagyobb"
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"word": "最大の"
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"word": "สุดยอด"
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"word": "ยิ่ง"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
"word": "estremo"
},
{
"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": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "кра̑јњӣ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "situated at the most distant limit — see also farthest, outermost",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "krȃjnjī"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "+ adverb",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "mahdollisimman"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "extrême"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plus grand"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "suprême"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳiduresi",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "უკიდურესი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "äußerst"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "höchst"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ákros",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "άκρος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ypértatos",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "υπέρτατος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "legnagyobb"
},
{
"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"
},
{
"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": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "кра̑јњӣ"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "krȃjnjī"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"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"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najbílʹšyj",
"sense": "most extreme — see also greatest, ultimate",
"word": "найбі́льший"
}
],
"word": "utmost"
}
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"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *-mHo-",
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"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adjectives",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Requests for review of Italian translations",
"Requests for review of Korean translations"
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"plural"
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}
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{
"text": "at the utmost to the utmost",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1704, James Tyrrell, “Book XII. Containing the Reign of King Richard II.”, in The General History of England, both Ecclesiastical and Civil: […], volume III, 2nd part, London: […] W. Rogers, […]; J. Taylor, […]; J. Sprint, […]; and A[ndrew] Bell, […], →OCLC, page 912",
"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.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Simone de Beauvoir, “January 1947 – October 1951: America”, in Quintin Hoare, transl., Letters to Sartre, New York, N.Y.: Arcade Publishing, 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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}
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"glosses": [
"The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum."
],
"links": [
[
"greatest",
"great#Adjective"
],
[
"possible",
"possible"
],
[
"capability",
"capability"
],
[
"extent",
"extent"
],
[
"quantity",
"quantity"
],
[
"maximum",
"maximum#Noun"
]
],
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{
"word": "yondermost"
}
],
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}
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"ipa": "/ˈʌtmə(ʊ̯)st/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈʌtmoʊ̯st/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈʌʔ-]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈət-]",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/En-us-utmost.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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"text": "Audio (GA)"
},
{
"enpr": "ŭt'mōst"
}
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "uiterste"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to one's extreme(s), to the utmost",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"word": "äärimmäisyys (compare äärimmilleen)"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "maximum"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "plus grand"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Äußerstes"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Möglichstes"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "éskhaton",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ἔσχᾰτον"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "máksimum",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "מקסימום"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tóp",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טופ"
},
{
"alt": "さいだい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "saidai",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"word": "最大"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "máximo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity — see also maximum",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "máximum"
}
],
"word": "utmost"
}
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