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Positioned front of (all) others in space, most forward.

(syn)

(ant)

(RQ:Ovid Golding Metamorphosis)
(RQ:Wells Island of Doctor Moreau)
{{quote-text|en|year=2015|author=John Irving|title=Avenue of Mysteries|url=https://archive.org/details/avenueofmysterie0000irvi_q3d4/page/70/mode/1up?q=foremost|chapter=7|page=70|publisher=Doubleday|location=London
Coming before (all) others in time.
(quote-book)’s (w)|location=London|publisher=Nathaniel Butter|section=Book 7, p. 102|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03515.0001.001
1769, (w), ''The Roman History,'' London: S. Baker and G. Leigh ''et al.,'' Volume(nbs)1, Chapter(nbs)16, p.(nbs)254,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004897260.0001.001

He was the best horseman, and the swiftest runner of his time. He was ever the foremost to engage, and the last to retreat;

(ante), (w), ''(w),'' in ''The Shorter Novels of Herman Melville,'' New York: Fawcett Premier, 1956, Chapter(nbs)17, p.(nbs)244,https://archive.org/details/shorternovelsofh0000melv_v9g5/page/244/mode/1up?q=foremost

a bright young schoolmate of his whom he had seen struck by much the same startling impotence in the act of eagerly rising in the class to be foremost in response to a testing question put to it by the master

Of the highest rank or position; of the greatest importance; of the highest priority.

(ux)

(RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar)
1759, (w), ''The Rolliad,'' Canto(nbs)1, in ''Prose on Several Occasions: Accompanied with Some Pieces in Verse,'' London: T. Cadel, 1787, Volume(nbs)2, p.(nbs)292,http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004896414.0001.002

And have I then so oft, enrag’d she cried, / My longing soul its foremost wish denied?

1846, (w), Reception Speech at Finsbury Chapel, Moorfields, England, May(nbs)12, 1846, in ''(w),'' New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855, Appendix, pp.(nbs)410-411,https://archive.org/details/mybondagemyfreed00douguoft/page/410/mode/1up?q=foremost

Of all things that have been said of slavery to which exception has been taken by slaveholders, this, the charge of cruelty, stands foremost, and yet there is no charge capable of clearer demonstration, than that of the most barbarous inhumanity on the part of the slaveholders toward their slaves.

1993, (w), ''(w),'' New Delhi: Penguin India, 1994, Section(nbs)9.13, p.(nbs)580,https://archive.org/details/suitableboy0000seth/page/580/mode/1up?q=foremost

She was thinking of other matters. What was foremost on her mind was Haresh’s panama hat, which (though he had doffed it) she thought exceptionally stupid.

Closest to the bow.
{{quote-book|en|year=1900|author=Joseph Conrad|title=Lord Jim|location=Edinburgh|publisher=William Blackwood|chapter=10|page=133|url=https://archive.org/details/lordjimtale00conrrich/page/133/mode/1up?q=foremost
In front, prominently forward.
(quote-book)|title=(w)|location=London|publisher=John Nutt|chapter=The Conclusion|pages=215-216|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_VNROAAAAcAAJ/page/n233/mode/1up
1820, (w), “(w),” Part(nbs)1, in ''Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems,'' London: Taylor and Hessey, p.(nbs)15,https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89089198006&view=1up&seq=33&skin=2021&q1=foremost

She saw the young Corinthian Lycius / Charioting foremost in the envious race,

(quote-journal)
{{quote-text|en|year=1946|author=Mervyn Peake|title=Titus Groan|url=https://archive.org/details/titusgroan0000peak_v4k2/page/137/mode/1up|page=137|publisher=Penguin|year_published=1981
First in time.
(circa), (w), (w) and (w), ''(w),'' London: Edward Archer, 1656, Act(nbs)III, Scene(nbs)1, p.(nbs)41,https://archive.org/details/excellentcomedyc00mass/page/41/mode/1up

Alwayes the worst goes foremost, so twill prove I hope

(quote-text) of (w)|location=London|publisher=J. Johnson|section=Book 11, lines 946-947, p. 299|url=https://archive.org/details/iliadodysseyofho01home/page/298/mode/1up
Most importantly.
(RQ:Dickens Nicholas Nickleby) Mrs. Nickleby, with the utmost sincerity, gave vent to her sorrows after her own peculiar fashion of considering herself foremost,
{{quote-book|en|year=1951|author=William Styron|title=Lie Down in Darkness|location=Indianapolis|publisher=Bobbs-Merrill|chapter=5|page=214|url=https://archive.org/details/liedownindarknes00styr/page/214/mode/1up?q=foremost