utmost importance

collocation in English

meaningsofutmostandimportance

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utmost
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.məʊst/
us
/ˈʌt.moʊst/
used to emphasize how important or serious ...
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importance
noun[U]
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.təns/
us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.təns/
the quality of ...
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(Definition ofutmostandimportancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofutmost importance

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In pervasive computing, the physical context is of theutmostimportance.
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The sign of is of theutmostimportancewhen it comes to determining whether a mode is stable or not.
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Yet it is of theutmostimportanceto note the varieties and variations of diets and the political, and also economic implications these held.
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These notions are of theutmostimportancebecause they bridge the gap between competence and actual performance.
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That is not a trivial matter; on the contrary, it is of theutmostimportanceto a fair trial.
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This is surprising since these dry lands were of theutmostimportancefor nomadic livestock keeping, and therefore formed an important economic resource.
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Moral questions have been ofutmostimportancein the public debate, whereas questions of efficiency have dominated the audits.
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The question ofutmostimportanceis whether threat simulation during dreaming increases the probability of coping successfully with comparable real threats.
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They result from the fact that what is ofutmostimportancefor each of them is hidden in the familiar and trivial.
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However, the fundamental directions that his work took were of theutmostimportancefor succeeding thinkers.
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Getting medical aid to the affected individuals is also ofutmostimportance.
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Open caregiver-patient communication is, therefore, ofutmostimportance.
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Since there are an infinite number of hypotheses which entail the data in this case, simplicity is of theutmostimportance.
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It should also be stressed that the extent to which the ethnic groups involved have had a ' common ' history is probably of theutmostimportance.
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Transparency in the selection process is ofutmostimportanceas generalizability/transferability to other settings will be highly context-dependent.
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The most common response, perhaps, is to link these models of religion to a transcendent being, set of beings, or ordering principle ofutmostimportance.
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A confidence rating was used instead of a vocabulary test because familiarity with the word's pronunciation was ofutmostimportance.
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Therefore, decisions of courts in this area, converting illegality into legality, are of theutmostimportancefor such couples.
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The effect of this disease on the reigning families was ofutmostimportance.
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