foremost

«foremost» in Mova's school dictionary: First in place, rank or order; the one at the front — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (also adverb: put your best foot foremost)

meaning for a pupil

First in place, rank or order; the one at the front. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories the leader of a group is the foremost one, the first to go or to be named.

examples

• The foremost runner crossed the line. tree →
• The foremost buffalo charged at the river. tree →
• The grasshopper went foremost with his cousin behind. tree →

note

foremost gives first place in an order, a position, not an amount; it does not add or take away

In the corpora

• And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «foremost» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.