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# uppermost

«uppermost» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Highest, or at the very top: the uppermost shelf is the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (uppermost); adverb (uppermost)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Highest, or at the very top: the uppermost shelf is the one nearest the ceiling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#m1)

2) Most important in someone's mind: safety was uppermost in her thoughts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#m2)

3) (adverb) Facing upwards or on top: lay the card face uppermost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#m3)

### sense 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x1)
- The jam is on the uppermost shelf, so you need the step stool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x2)
- Put the box down with this side uppermost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x3)
- The uppermost branches of the tree swayed in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x4)
- Getting home safely was uppermost in his mind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x5)
- The uppermost layer of the soil is called topsoil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x6)
- Place the photo face uppermost on the scanner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x7)
- We climbed to the uppermost floor of the tower. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x8)
- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/#x9)

### 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.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «uppermost» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/uppermost/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.