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# uppermost

adjective (uppermost); adverb (uppermost)

«uppermost» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Highest, or at the very top: the uppermost shelf is the one nearest the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#m1)
2. Most important in someone's mind: safety was uppermost in her thoughts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#m2)
3. (adverb) Facing upwards or on top: lay the card face uppermost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety it describes the top shelf, the top floor, or the side that faces up; in stories it tells you what a character cares about most. Phrases: uppermost in my mind, the uppermost layer, face uppermost, right side uppermost. In science, the uppermost layer of rock or soil is the top one, usually the youngest.

### Examples

- The jam is on the uppermost shelf, so you need the step stool. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x1)
- Put the box down with this side uppermost. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x2)
- The uppermost branches of the tree swayed in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x3)
- Getting home safely was uppermost in his mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x4)
- The uppermost layer of the soil is called topsoil. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x5)
- Place the photo face uppermost on the scanner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x6)
- We climbed to the uppermost floor of the tower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x7)
- The Sea King then led the Happy Hunter to the guest room, and placing him in the uppermost seat, he bowed respectfully before him, and said: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/#x8)

### Note

It has no comparative: something cannot be "more uppermost". It means the same as topmost; the opposite is lowermost or lowest. "Uppermost in my mind" means the thing I think about most.

## In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and safety it describes the top shelf, the top floor, or the side that faces up; in stories it tells you what a character cares about most. Phrases: uppermost in my mind, the uppermost layer, face uppermost, right side uppermost. In science, the uppermost layer of rock or soil is the top one, usually the youngest.

### Examples

- and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.' (Torah GEN.40.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x1)

### Note

It has no comparative: something cannot be "more uppermost". It means the same as topmost; the opposite is lowermost or lowest. "Uppermost in my mind" means the thing I think about most.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «uppermost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/uppermost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uppermost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/uppermost.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «uppermost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«uppermost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/uppermost.html) on Mova free.