PARAMOUNT ISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paramount issue mean? 

• PARAMOUNT ISSUE (noun)
  The noun PARAMOUNT ISSUE has 1 sense:

1. an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled

  Familiarity information: PARAMOUNT ISSUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAMOUNT ISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paramount issue" is a kind of...):

issue (an important question that is in dispute and must be settled)