backmost

/'bækmoust/

Thân thiện

The backmost seat in the theater offers a full view of the stage.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Located farthest to the rear: The superlative form describing the position that is the most to the back or rear in a series or arrangement.

Usage

• The word "backmost" is a formal and somewhat literary adjective. It is used to specify the ultimate position in a sequence from front to back. It is less common in everyday speech than phrases like "very back," "rearmost," or "last in line."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The backmost seat on the bus offers the widest view of the road behind.
  • In the old library, the rarest manuscripts were kept on the backmost shelves.
  • She found her lost keys in the backmost drawer of the desk.

Advanced Usage

• Technical/Descriptive Use: Often found in descriptive writing, technical manuals, or spatial descriptions to precisely denote position.
  • The architect placed the emergency exit at the backmost point of the building's corridor.

Variants and Related Words

• Rearmost (adj): A direct synonym, meaning furthest back.
  • The rearmost car of the train was the quietest.
• Hindmost (adj): Similar in meaning, often used in more formal or poetic contexts.
  • In the proverb, "The devil take the hindmost," it refers to the last or slowest person.

Synonyms

• Farthest back
• Last (in a spatial sense)
• Endmost (when referring to the end of a linear arrangement)

Antonyms

• Foremost
• Frontmost
• Nearest

Học thuật

Adjective

1. located farthest to the rear

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hindermost
• hindmost
• rearmost