best option
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1.3
- noun
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mejor opción
- After reviewing all the possibilities, the team agreed that choosing the new software was the best option for improving workflow.
- the best option available
- offers the best option
Combat sports are your best option for self-defense.
- Combat sports are your best option for self-defense.
- And this system seems like a much better option for everyone, doesn't it?
- Joe Biden may well be their best option.
- And you just consistently don't know what the best option is for that.
- Like there really is then no better option, right?
- Yeah, my guess is the cheap one's going to be the better option.
- So overall, in my opinion, I think it's the best option.
- I think the question becomes, can you articulate why you're a better option?
- Yeah, people saw reformers the best option there was.
- And, you know, I didn't often have the best options.
- So it's, it's very likely that travelling is really not the best option.
- And for my most severely addicted patients, it's almost universally the best option.
- So if it's going to be natural slavery, Aristotle says the rule needs to be the best option for both of them.
- And if somebody insists on being vegan or vegetarian, let's just say vegan, what are their best options?
Examples
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In this note, I argue that the intermediate approach is the best option in the current political climate.
Academic text (2016) -
Shared ownership is considered the best option in the community.
Academic text (2011) -
So maybe the best option is not to let the challenge change it.
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This was the best option that we had.
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I believe the Wall of Life is still our best option at this time.
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The best option we have is just to give the money back to the cops and go back home.
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However, this does not mean that treatment would be the best option for all those identified.
Academic text (2012) -
Most of the time, however, settlement is the best option for clients.
Academic text (1993) -
After discussing this with the doctor, we both feel this really is the best option.
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Straight-backed chairs with arms are the best option because they help the elderly maintain balance.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.7
The choice that is most likely to succeed
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1.6
The best option that is easy for everyone to see
An option most people like best
How Suitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the most suitable or advantageous choice' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'best' (superlative adjective meaning most suitable) with 'option' (a selectable choice). This simple adjective+noun composition is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English grammar, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Best option gives a simple picture: imagine several choices in front of you and one is marked best, the clear option to pick. So it means the 'most suitable choice' among several.