of the highest order

of the highest order

Of the greatest importance, significance, or magnitude. You have to study Shakespeare because he is a poet of the highest order. We need to close the highway immediately—this is an emergency of the highest order.See also: high, of, order

of the highest/first ˈorder

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of a high ˈorder

of the best, worst, most extreme, etc. type: It was a scandal of the first order.See also: first, high, of, order