first and foremost
11first and foremost — This expression is used to state what you consider to be more important than anything else. First and foremost I want to thank our hosts for their wonderful reception …
12first and foremost — most importantly, first of all, in the first place …
13first and foremost — more than anything else. → first …
14first and foremost — firstly and most important …
15first and foremost — Choose one …
16first and foremost — Choose one …
17first — [ fɜrst ] function word *** First can be used in the following ways: as a number: This is the first car I ve ever owned. as a pronoun: It s often tougher for a team in their second year than their first. as an adverb: Speak to me first, before… …
18first — ► ORDINAL NUMBER 1) coming before all others in time or order; earliest; 1st. 2) before doing something else specified or implied. 3) foremost in position, rank, or importance. 4) informal something never previously achieved or occurring. 5) Brit …
19and — and/or is a formula indicating that the items connected by it can be taken either together or as alternatives. Its principal uses are in legal and other formal documents (These ratios indicated that the changes in the order of crystallinity were… …
20first — I (earlier) adjective aboriginal, anterior, earlier, earliest, embryonic, inaugural, incipient, introductory, previous, primeval, primitive, prior associated concepts: at first impression, first lien, first reading, first stages of litigation, on …