best seller
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈbɛst ˈsɛlɚ/
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- In fact, they end up generating more publicity for Rachel's book, which quickly becomes a best-seller.
- a best-seller list
- become a best-seller
- books were best-sellers
She said, your book is on the best seller list next week.
- She said, your book is on the best seller list next week.
- So for example, Stephen Hawking's best seller, the theory of everything.
- I've been wondering why this story didn't end up being a best seller and made into a movie.
- And then I found the publisher in the UK and it became a best seller within six months.
- There's a reason why the, you know, Purpose Driven Life is a best seller.
- We've both wrote best seller books and people won't know this about it.
- But it used to be like best sellers and then classics and that was pretty much it.
Examples
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In 2000, "The Mockinglass Murder" dominated the nation's best sellers list for 12 weeks.
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And he's here today to tell us all about his number one best-seller Qwantum Leap.
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It's going to be the biggest, best seller the world has ever seen.
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We have made the best seller list this week on his first week.
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And then I found the publisher in the UK and it became a best seller within six months.
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And we're given great ratings and they became huge best sellers around the world.
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She said, your book is on the best seller list next week.
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In 1967, The American Challenge appeared on the best-seller list of popular books in Europe.
Academic text (1992) -
The book, published in 1982, won the Pulitzer Prize and was a huge best-seller.
Fiction book (1999) -
Nick's newest book has been on The New York Times best seller list for 28 weeks.
Synonyms
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A book or product that sells many copies soon after release
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A very popular film or book that earns a lot of money
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A very popular movie or song many people enjoy
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from 'best' (most) + 'seller' (one/thing that sells): 'best seller' denotes the item that sells the most. Although 'seller' can also mean a person who sells, the established reading 'the thing that sells best' is highly compositional and common across languages, so a B1 learner knowing both words will likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
The compound noun best seller comes from a simple picture: shops put the books that sold the most on a special 'best sellers' table or list. So best + seller gives the idea of a book that 'sells in large numbers', which is why the phrase means a very popular book or product.