Utmost Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of UTMOST

always used before a noun

1

:

greatest or highest in degree, number, or amount

• This is a matter of the utmost importance/urgency. [=this is an extremely important/urgent matter]
• I have the utmost [=_greatest_] respect for the teachers here.

2

formal

:

farthest or most distant

• the utmost limit

Britannica Dictionary definition of UTMOST

[singular]

:

the highest point or degree that can be reached

• This new system represents the utmost in modern technology.
• It's designed to provide the utmost in comfort.
• We did our utmost to help. [=we did all that we could do to help]
• We had to push ourselves to the utmost to finish the job in time.