paramount
IPA: pˈɛrʌmaʊnt
noun
- A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.
- (obsolete) A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.
- A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
adjective
- (often postpositive) Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
- Of the highest importance.
- (obsolete) Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another.
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Examples of "paramount" in Sentences
- The prescriptive element is paramount.
- The maintanence of the projects is paramount.
- This makes the skills of the driver paramount.
- I am the representative of the paramount power.
- The paramount point is confidence in the report.
- But the artisan skill of the makers is paramount.
- The pursuit of knowledge is paramount to the scholar.
- The safety of the public is of the paramount concern.
- At the apex of the status hierarchy sits the paramount.
- It is the title given to the paramount chiefs in the Marshall Islands.