transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:(r)moʊst ]
1.
The foremost thing or person in a group is the most important or best.
He was one of the world’s foremost scholars of ancient Indian culture...
ADJ
2.
You use first and foremost to emphasize the most important quality of something or someone.
It is first and foremost a trade agreement...
PHRASE : PHR n / prep , PHR with cl , PHR after v [ emphasis ]