most
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1.0
- adverb
- /moʊst/
:
más
- Perhaps that is why A.L. Rowse called history "the most important subject in the world."
- most important
- most likely
- most common
Three books that you most often gift to people.
- Three books that you most often gift to people.
- But what it does most is it trains us.
- And I believe that that's what audiences most relate to now.
- Excited about it, but I'm most excited about this.
- The thing that I like most is competition.
- I feel like this is the longest, most full video.
- Listen, Indian parents are the most racist people on the planet.
- Oh bro, that was like the most lacked out sound bite ever.
Examples
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See some of the best-dressed, most beautiful women in the world.
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I just heard the most amazing thing!
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The thing that I like most is competition.
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That may be the most terrible part of all.
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Based on your contact with patients, list the most significant health needs in your community.
Academic text (2011) -
Standards drop the most after a few drinks.
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To this day, it remains the longest and most brutal economic depression in American history.
Academic text (2011) -
Helping students measure their own achievement is ultimately the most effective and honest motivational tool.
Academic text (2011) -
Homelessness implies an absence of one of life's most basic needs: a place to call home.
Academic text (2011) -
She is the most talented musician in the orchestra.
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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7.4
A person who is very good at having parties and making guests feel welcome
Compounds
- Formal
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8.2
A country that receives the same trade advantages as other countries under a trade agreement
Surface Forms
Etymology
Most comes from more + -st, which makes a word show the 'highest' degree. So 'the most famous' means the one that is more famous than all the others.