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1. (superl. of) most
in the greatest number, amount, or degree:
the most votes; the most talent.
2. most
in the majority of instances:
Most operations are successful.
3. (n.) most
the greatest quantity, amount, or degree:
The most I can hope for is a passing grade.
4. most
the greatest number or greater part of what is specified:
Most of his writing is rubbish.
5. most
the greatest number:
The most this room will seat is 150.
6. most
the majority of persons:
to be happier than most.
7. most
Slang. the ultimate in something.
8. (adv.) most
in or to the greatest extent or degree (often used before adjectives and adverbs, and regularly before those of more than two syllables, to form superlative phrases having the same force and effect as the superlative degree formed by the termination -est):
most rapid; most wisely.
9. most
very:
most puzzling.
10. most
Informal. almost or nearly.
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1. (adj) most(a)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number
"who has the most apples?"; "most people like eggs"; "most fishes have fins"
2. (adverb) most(a)
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
"made the most money he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the most of a bad deal"
3. (adverb) most, to the highest degree
used to form the superlative
"the king cobra is the most dangerous snake"
4. (adverb) most
very
"a most welcome relief"
5. (adverb) about, almost, most, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
"the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
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1. (determiner) most
the majority
Most cars have a CD player these days.
2. most
the most
the greatest amount or number
Who gave the most money to the collection?; the house with the most cars outside
3. (pronoun) most
the majority
There are several designs and most have something to do with animals.; Most of the people there already knew each other.
4. most
the greatest amount or number
We all had mosquito bites, but I had (the) most.
5. (adverb) most
used to form the superlative of words, especially those with three syllables or more
Which movie was most interesting?; She's the most beautiful woman in the world.; It's the most badly written letter I've ever read.
6. most
to the greatest degree
What do you most like to do on vacation?; We talked most when the others weren't around.; I think I was the one who cleaned the most.
7. most
most of all
more than anything else
I'd like you to learn a lot but, most of all, I'd like you to enjoy yourselves.
8. most
at (the) most
no more than
You can stay for twenty minutes at the most.; There were twenty of them at most.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Most
consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all
2. (adj) Most
greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it
3. (adj) Most
highest in rank; greatest
4. (adj) Most
in the greatest or highest degree
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Sense: (the) greatest number or quantity of
Which of the students has read the most books?; Reading is what gives me most enjoyment.
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 Afrikaans: meeste |
 Arabic: أكْثَر |
 Bulgarian: най-много |
 Brazilian: o mais |
 Czech: nejvíce |
 German: meist |
 Danish: flest; mest |
 Greek: (ο) περισσότερος, (οι)περ |
 Spanish: más |
 Estonian: kõige rohkem |
 Farsi: بيشترين |
 Finnish: eniten |
 French: le plus (de) |
 Hebrew: רוֹב |
 Hindi: सर्वाधिक, अधिकतम |
 Croatian: najviše |
 Hungarian: a legtöbb |
 Indonesian: paling banyak |
 Icelandic: mest; flestir |
 Italian: più |
 Japanese: 最も多くの |
 Korean: (수치, 분량 등이) 가장 큰(많은) |
 Lithuanian: daugiausia |
 Latvian: visvairāk |
 Malay: paling banyak |
 Dutch: meest |
 Norwegian: flest, mest |
 Polish: najwięcej |
 Persian: بيشترين |
 Pashto: تر ډيره حده |
 Portuguese: o mais |
 Romanian: cel mai mult |
 Russian: наибольший |
 Slovak: najviac(ej) |
 Slovenian: največ |
 Serbian: većina |
 Swedish: mest, flest, den (det) me |
 Thai: จำนวนมากที่สุด |
 Turkish: ençok/fazla |
 Taiwanese: 最多的 |
 Ukrainian: найбільший |
 Urdu: بڑی مقدار یا تعداد |
 Vietnamese: đa số |
 Chinese: 最多的 |
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