utmost

English

Etymology

Old English ut (“out”) +‎ -most

Pronunciation

(UK)
- IPA^(key): /ˈʌtməʊst/
(US)
- enPR: ŭt'mōst
- IPA^(key): /ˈʌtmoʊst/, [ˈʌʔmoʊst]
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

utmost (not comparable)

Situated at the most distant limit; farthest.
- Evelyn
  We coasted within two leagues of Antibes, which is the utmost town in France.
- Herbert
  Betwixt two thieves I spend my utmost breath.
the utmost limits of the land; the utmost extent of human knowledge
The most extreme; ultimate; greatest.
- William Shakespeare
  He shall answer […] to his utmost peril.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎:
  Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 236d.
  Indeed at this very moment he's slipped away with the utmost cunning into a form that's most perplexing to investigate.
the utmost assiduity; the utmost harmony; the utmost misery or happiness

Related terms

Translations

Situated at the most distant limit

Chinese:
Mandarin: 極度 (zh), 极度 (zh) (jídù)
Dutch: uiterst (nl)
French: extrême (fr)
German: äußerst (de)
Hungarian: legtávolabbi, legvégső (hu)

Japanese: 最大の (ja) (さいだいの, saidai no), 極度な (ja) (きょくどな, kyokudo na)
Portuguese: extremo (pt), derradeiro (pt)
Russian: кра́йний (ru) (krájnij), преде́льный (ru) (predélʹnyj)
Spanish: extremo (es) m
Swedish: yttersta (sv)
Ukrainian: кра́йній (krájnij), найвідда́леніший (najviddálenišyj)

The most extreme, ultimate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 極 (zh), 极 (zh) (jí), 最大 (zh) (zuìdà)
Dutch: uiterst (nl), hoogst (nl)
French: plus grand m, suprême (fr), extrême (fr)
German: äußerst (de), höchst (de)
Greek: υπέρτατος (el) (ypértatos)
Hungarian: legnagyobb (hu)

Japanese: 最大の (ja) (さいだいの, saidai no)
Portuguese: extremo (pt), derradeiro (pt)
Russian: преде́льный (ru) (predélʹnyj), наивы́сший (ru) (naivýsšij), велича́йший (ru) (veličájšij), экстрема́льный (ru) (ekstremálʹnyj)
Spanish: descollante, sobresaliente (es), extremado (es), sumo (es) m, suma (es) f
Swedish: yttersta (sv)
Ukrainian: грани́чний (uk) (hranýčnyj), найбі́льший (uk) (najbílʹšyj)

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} massimo (it)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 최대 (ko) (choedae)

Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 最大 (zh)

Noun

utmost (countable and uncountable, plural utmosts)

Maximum; greatest possible amount or quantity.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎:
  Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.

Translations

maximum

Dutch: uiterste (nl) n
French: maximum (fr) m, plus grand m
Hebrew: טופ‎‎ m (tóp), מקסימום‎‎ m (máksimum)

Japanese: 最大 (ja) (sasdai)
Spanish: máximum m, máximo (es) m

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