Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first and foremost

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.78 in modern English

Syllables: first and -fore-most
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Primarily; most importantly.

Example Sentences

""There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?""
"First and foremost, there is currently lacking any single text which comes close to cataloguing the great variety of terms in use."
"By addressing these questions, we hope, first and foremost, to learn more about the generally under-studied topic of Esperanto communication and, secondly, to contribute to research that goes beyond Esperanto and can have an impact on the work of researchers in other (linguistic) disciplines."
"That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says."

Synonyms

above all chiefly especially first and foremost namely particularly primarily

Questions

What does first and foremost mean?: Primarily; most importantly.

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