Word of the Day:

February 24, 2022

utmost

adjective UT-mohst

What it Means

Utmost means "of the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or amount" or "situated at the farthest or most distant point."

// The safety of employees is of utmost importance.

// Olympians push themselves to the utmost limit when training.

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Utmost in Context

"Getting his body back to 100% is of the utmost importance for Burrow. As he continues nursing a pinky injury he suffered late in the season…." — Zack Nagy, Sports Illustrated, 4 Feb. 2022

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Did You Know?

Utmost comes from Old English ūtmest, a superlative adjective formed from the adverb ūt, meaning "out." The earlier sense of utmost carries the same meaning as outermost.

Quiz

Unscramble the letters to create a word for the highest point of something: MCEA.

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