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I was going through list of words that we can use to compare two things or ideas. One of the words is most important. I couldn’t find examples for this. Can someone give some examples of comparison using most important?

Edit: I wanted to clarify one thing here. I am not a native English speaker. I was going through the list for words to compare/contrast two things or ideas. To my understanding compare refers to finding similarities between two things. I didn’t get how can we say two things are similar using most important.

We can compare using both, similarly, as well. For example, They are both good athletes. Janet enjoys playing piano. Similarly, Lisa also studies piano. Lisa has three brothers. Janet has three brothers as well. Does most important fit in this list?

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  • Google most important. There are pages of relevant examples
    – Ronald Sole
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 12:53
  • I tried. There are many sentences with most important but I couldn't find some where most important was used to compare.
    – lokesh L P
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:21
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    The most important of a group of things is the one that is more important than all the others. Note that most important (without the) just means very important.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:33
  • It's most important that you learn something from the usage in this very sentence. Oftentimes, "most important" doesn't particularly imply "MORE important than all other important things" - it just means VERY important.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:53
  • ...but here are many written instances of the sequence the most important of, almost all of which will be "literal" superlatives (specifically singling out the one thing which is more important than all other contextually comparable things).
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 14:01

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Here are some examples:

Having a good sleep is the most important thing we need to go about our day.

Time is the most important asset of our lives.

Learning how to learn is most important when it comes to academics.

Essentially, the phrase 'most important' is used to compare many ideas (may be just two, although not specifically said).

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  • I am sorry. I couldn't get it. What is most important comparing here, say in the second example.
    – lokesh L P
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:23
  • @azumie - When comparing two things we say that one is the more important of the two.
    – Kate Bunting
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:25
  • Ah, it's comparing other tangible assets with time. You don't have to mention what you're comparing to if it's obvious (usually). The word 'most important' usually doesn't explicitly say what it's comparing to. An example for that one would be like this: 'The cows in this farm are the most important, compared to the flock of sheep on the other side of the farm.'
    – curiouslypink
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:26
  • @KateBunting yes, but he/she was asking the usage of the word most important, not more important.
    – curiouslypink
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 13:27
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    Most important picks out one thing of an entire category that singularly has the highest importance. I don't see how you'd use this in the same sense as as well or both, since it's the singular thing of highest importance.
    – Canadian Yankee
    Commented Feb 4, 2021 at 15:25

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