English Explanatory Dictionary

most

English dictionary entry

Meanings

det
  1. superlative degree of much.
  2. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
  3. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
adv
  1. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
  2. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
  3. superlative degree of much
adj
  1. The greatest; the best.
pron
  1. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
noun
  1. The greatest amount.
  2. The greater part.
  3. A record-setting amount.
adv
  1. Almost.

Pronunciation

mōst /ˈməʊst/ /ˈmoʊst/ [ˈmoːst] en-us-most.ogg

Word forms

most moste mosts

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Middle English English most From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz, *maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).

Synonyms

the majority of more than half of almost all the majority

Antonyms

least

Related words

more quantifier

Derived words

aldermost at most at the most at the very most backmost empty barrels make the most noise empty cans make the most noise empty vessels make the most noise empty vessels make the most sound foremost for the most part frontmost hindmost host with the most innermost lookers-on see most of the game make the most of -most most an end most favored nation most favoured nation most like mostly most muscular mostness most of all most of the time most-perfect magic square most Rikki-Tik most significant bit most significant byte most valuable player most vexing parse most wanted mostwhat one-size-fits-most outermost rearmost second most The Most Reverend westermost

Translations

Southern Altai: эҥ Arabic: اَلـ Armenian: ամենա- Armenian: -գույն Belarusian: найбо́льш Belarusian: най- Bulgarian: най- Catalan: el/la/els/les més Chinese Cantonese: 最 Chinese: цзуй Chinese: 一度 Chinese Mandarin: 最 Czech: nejvíce Czech: nej- Danish: mest Danish: -st Danish: -est Dutch: meest Dutch: -st Dutch: -ste Esperanto: plej Estonian: kõige French: le plus French: la plus French: les plus Georgian: ყველაზე German: -ster German: -ste German: am ...-sten Greenlandic: -nerpaaq Hebrew: הכי Hindi: सबसे Hindi: सब से Hungarian: leg- -bb Ido: maxim Italian: il più Japanese: 最も Japanese: 最 Japanese: 一番 Karachay-Balkar: эм Karaim: ėnk Karakalpak: eng Kazakh: ең Khakas: инъ Khakas: иң Khmer: ជាងគេ Korean: 가장 Korean: 제일 Korean: 최(最)- Kumyk: инг Northern Kurdish: -tirîn Northern Kurdish: herî Kyrgyz: эң Lao: ...ທີ່ສຸດ Latin: plurime Latin: -issime Macedonian: нај- Eastern Mari: эн Mizo: ber Norwegian Bokmål: mest
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