uttermost
pronunciation
How to pronounce uttermost in British English:
UK [ˈʌtəməʊst]
How to pronounce uttermost in American English:
US [ˈʌtɚˌmost]
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- Noun:
- the greatest possible degree
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- Adjective:
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
- (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
Word Origin
- uttermost (adj.)
- late 14c., from utter (adj.) + -most. More recent than utmost. Compare utmost. Middle English also had uttermore (late 14c.), now, alas, no longer with us.
Example
- 1. Thus says jehovah , see , a people is coming from the land of the north , and a great nation is stirring from the uttermost parts of the earth .
- 2. But you shall receive power when the holy spirit comes upon you , and you shall be my witnesses both in jerusalem and in all judea and samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth .
- 3. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation , and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of solomon ; and , behold , a greater than solomon is here .
- 4. Let me tell you something of uttermost importance .
- 5. My listening friend , I want to tell you something of uttermost importance .