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- 1 The greatest; the best. dated, not-comparable, slang
"PATTY:They announced this year's nominees for student council. And guess who's up for vice-president? Me! Isn't that the most to say the least?"
- 1 the superlative of ‘much’ that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by ‘the’; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree wordnet
- 2 (superlative of ‘many’ used with count nouns and often preceded by ‘the’) quantifier meaning the greatest in number wordnet
- 1 Forms the superlative of many adjectives. not-comparable
"This is the most important example."
- 2 Almost. US, informal, not-comparable
"A well-daiquiried redhead eyed him from across the room at Jilly's one night in 1963 — although it could have been most any night ever […]"
- 3 To a great extent or degree; highly; very. not-comparable
"This is a most unusual specimen."
- 4 superlative degree of much form-of, not-comparable, superlative
"Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too."
- 1 used to give emphasis wordnet
- 2 (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but wordnet
- 3 used to form the superlative, greatest in size or degree wordnet
- 1 superlative degree of much. form-of, superlative
"The teams competed to see who could collect (the) most money."
- 2 superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article) form-of, superlative
"The team with the most points wins."
- 3 superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article) form-of, superlative
"Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early."
- 1 The greatest amount. uncountable, usually
"The most I can offer for the house is $150,000."
- 2 The greater part. countable, uncountable, usually
"Most of the penguins were friendly and curious."
- 3 A record-setting amount. countable, usually
"Along with their massive size will come other “mosts”: they will likely be the longest living, the best educated, the wealthiest and the most wired/ wireless."
- 1 The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
"Most want the best for their children."
Etymology
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”).
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”).
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”).
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”).
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”).
Reduction of almost.
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