utmost

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   the greatest or most extreme; the very best one can do

   The matter is of the utmost importance.

Common collocations

• utmost respect Adjective + noun

From Old English ūtmest ('outermost'), a double superlative of ūt ('out') plus -mest; later associated with the superlative '-most'.

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