Definition of UTMOST

utmost

Plural: utmosts

Noun

  • The greatest possible degree or amount of something.
  • the greatest possible degree
    • "he tried his utmost"
  • The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.

Adjective Satellite

  • of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity
    • "utmost contempt"
    • "to the utmost degree"
  • highest in extent or degree
  • (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order
    • "the utmost tip of the peninsula"

Adj

  • Situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.
  • The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.

Examples

  • Achieving the UTMOST score often requires both skill and a bit of luck.
  • at the utmost    to the utmost
  • the utmost assiduity
  • the utmost extent of human knowledge
  • the utmost harmony
  • the utmost limits of the land
  • the utmost misery or happiness

Origin / Etymology

PIE word
*úd
From Middle English utmost, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ūtmest, ūtemest [and other forms], from ūt, ūte (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). Ūt is derived from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”). Equivalent to out + -most.

Scrabble Score: 8

utmost: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
utmost: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
utmost: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

utmost: valid Words With Friends Word