topmost

adjective

top·​most ˈtäp-ˌmōst How to pronounce topmost (audio)
: highest of all : uppermost

Examples of topmost in a Sentence

He was standing on the topmost step. his kite got tangled in the topmost branches of the tree
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People will even be willing to switch back-and-forth between the topmost general-purpose AI and a particular best-in-class domain-specific AI that befits their needs. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025 Quite many sub-ordinated goals might go into attaining the topmost goal. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025 Far above, and many miles away, a thin strip of white cloaked the topmost pinnacles of Mogollon Baldy — all that remained of the season’s first snow. Percy Brown, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2025 Just five months earlier, Gaber, an animal chiropractor, had run her hands along Bear’s fur, adjusting the animal’s atlas vertebrae, the topmost vertebrae in the cervical spine. Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for topmost

Word History

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of topmost was in 1613

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“Topmost.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topmost. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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topmost

adjective
top·​most -ˌmōst How to pronounce topmost (audio)
: highest of all

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