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Meaning of 'utmost' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Utmost [ a.]
- Situated at the farthest point or extremity; farthest out; most distant; extreme; as, the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge.
- Being in the greatest or highest degree, quantity, number, or the like; greatest; as, the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness.
2 . Utmost [ n.]
- The most that can be; the farthest limit; the greatest power, degree, or effort; as, he has done his utmost; try your utmost.

Meaning of 'utmost' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . utmost [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the greatest possible degree
Example in sentence:
  • he tried his utmost
2 . utmost [ s]
Meaning (2):
- (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
Example in sentence:
  • don't go beyond the farthermost (or furthermost) tree;
  • explored the furthest reaches of space;
  • had traveled to the farthest frontier;
  • the utmost tip of the peninsula
Meaning (3):
- of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
Example in sentence:
  • extreme caution;
  • extreme cold;
  • extreme pleasure;
  • in the uttermost distress;
  • to the utmost degree;
  • utmost contempt
Meaning (4):
- highest in extent or degree
Example in sentence:
  • to the last measure of human endurance;
  • whether they were accomplices in the last degree or a lesser one was...to be determined individually

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