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Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: first and foremost
Antonyms: none provided
above and beyond all other consideration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- above all, you must be independent
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: most importantly, most especially
Antonyms: none provided
taking everything together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was first and last a scientist
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: first and last
Antonyms: none provided
From Middle English [Term?]. Compare Dutch bovenal (“above all”).
Across languages
Translations
61 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
veral
— of prime importance
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Afrikaans:
hoofsaaklik
— of prime importance
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Bulgarian:
пре́ди вси́чко
(prédi vsíčko)
— of prime importance
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Catalan:
sobretot
— of prime importance
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Chinese Mandarin:
首先
(shǒuxiān)
— of prime importance
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Czech:
především
— of prime importance
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Danish:
først og fremst
— of prime importance
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Danish:
fremfor alt
— of prime importance
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Dutch:
bovenal
— of prime importance
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Dutch:
vooral
— of prime importance
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Dutch:
voornamelijk
— of prime importance
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Esperanto:
precipe
— of prime importance
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Esperanto:
antaŭ ĉio
— of prime importance
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Finnish:
ylipäätänsä
— of prime importance
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Finnish:
ennen kaikkea
— of prime importance
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French:
surtout
— of prime importance
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French:
par-dessus tout
— of prime importance
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French:
avant tout
— of prime importance
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Georgian:
უპირველეს ყოვლისა
(uṗirveles q̇ovlisa)
— of prime importance
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German:
vor allem
— of prime importance
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German:
hauptsächlich
— of prime importance
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German:
vor allem anderen
— of prime importance
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Gothic:
𐌸𐌹𐍃𐌷𐌿𐌽
(þishun)
— of prime importance
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Greek:
προπαντός
(propantós)
— of prime importance
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Ancient Greek:
μάλιστα
(málista)
— of prime importance
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Hebrew:
קודם כל
(qódem kol)
— of prime importance
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Hungarian:
mindenekelőtt
— of prime importance
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Hungarian:
elsősorban
— of prime importance
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Hungarian:
legfőképp
— of prime importance
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Hungarian:
legfőképpen
— of prime importance
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Ido:
precipue
— of prime importance
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Interlingua:
super toto
— of prime importance
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Italian:
soprattutto
— of prime importance
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Italian:
anzitutto
— of prime importance
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Japanese:
何よりも
(nani yori mo)
— of prime importance
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Korean:
무엇보다 먼저
(mueotboda meonjeo)
— of prime importance
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Maltese:
fuq kollox
— of prime importance
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Norwegian Bokmål:
først og fremst
— of prime importance
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Norwegian Bokmål:
fremfor alt
— of prime importance
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Norwegian Bokmål:
framfor alt
— of prime importance
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
først og fremst
— of prime importance
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
framfor alt
— of prime importance
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Polish:
przede wszystkim
— of prime importance
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Portuguese:
sobretudo
— of prime importance
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Portuguese:
acima de tudo
— of prime importance
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Russian:
пре́жде всего́
(préžde vsevó)
— of prime importance
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Russian:
осо́бенно
(osóbenno)
— of prime importance
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Serbo-Croatian:
пре свeгa
— of prime importance
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Serbo-Croatian:
pre svega
— of prime importance
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Spanish:
sobre todo
— of prime importance
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Spanish:
ante todo
— of prime importance
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Spanish:
más que nada
— of prime importance
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Spanish:
por encima de todo
— of prime importance
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Spanish:
máxime
— of prime importance
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Swedish:
framförallt
— of prime importance
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Swedish:
främst
— of prime importance
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Thai:
สิ่งสําคัญที่สุด
(sìng săm-kan têe sùt)
— of prime importance
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Thai:
เหนือสิ่งอื่นใด
(nĕua sìng èun dai)
— of prime importance
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Ukrainian:
передусі́м
(peredusím)
— of prime importance
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Ukrainian:
передовсі́м
(peredovsím)
— of prime importance
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Ukrainian:
перш за все
(perš za vse)
— of prime importance