most (məʊst
)
Definitions
determiner
- a great majority of; nearly all ⇒
most people like eggs
- ((as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural) ⇒
most of them don't know
most of it is finished
- a great majority of; nearly all ⇒
- See the most
- See at most
- See for the most part
- See make the most of
- See than most
- See the most
Word Origin
Old English māst or mǣst, whence Middle English moste, mēst; compare Old Frisian maest, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestr-most
Definitions
suffix
- forming the superlative degree of some adjectives and adverbs ⇒
hindmost
uppermost
Word Origin
Old English -mǣst, -mest, originally a superlative suffix, later mistakenly taken as derived from mǣst (adv) mostTranslations
- British English:
most
You use most to talk about nearly all the people or things in a group.Most people think she did a good job.məʊst ADJECTIVE Most people think she did a good job.
- Spanish: la mayor parte de adj
- French:
le plus
adv
- German:
die meisten
adj
- Chinese: 最多的 adj
- Arabic: أغْلَبُ adj
- Portuguese: a maioria de adj
- Russian: наибольший adj наибольшая
- Croatian: većina adj
- Czech: nejvíce adv
- Danish: flest adj
- Dutch: meest adj
- Finnish: useimmat adj
- Greek: πλείστος adj πλείστη
- Italian: il più adj la più
- Japanese: 最も多い no_posp
- Korean: 가장 많은 adj
- Norwegian: mest adj
- Polish: największy adj największa
- Brazilian Portuguese: a maioria de adj
- European Spanish: la mayor parte de adj
- Swedish: flest adj
- Thai: มากที่สุด adj
- Turkish: en çok adj
- Vietnamese: hầu hết adj
- British English:
most
You use most to show that something is true or happens more than anything else.What do you like most about your job?məʊst ADVERB What do you like most about your job?
- Spanish:
más
adv
- French:
le plus
adv
- German:
am meisten
adv
- Chinese: 最 adv
- Arabic: إلَى حَدٍ بَعِيدٍ adv
- Portuguese: o mais adv
- Russian: более всего adv
- Croatian: većinom adv
- Czech: nejvíce adv
- Danish: mest adv
- Dutch: meest adv
- Finnish: eniten adv
- Greek: το πλείστο adv
- Italian: più adv
- Japanese: 最も多く adv
- Korean: 가장 많이 adv
- Norwegian: svært adv
- Polish: najwięcej adv
- Brazilian Portuguese: mais adv
- European Spanish:
más
adv
- Swedish: mest adv
- Thai: ที่สุด adv
- Turkish: en çok adv
- Vietnamese: nhất adv
- British English:
most
Most of a group of things or people means nearly all of them.Most of the houses here are very old.məʊst PRONOUN Most of the houses here are very old.
- Spanish: la mayoría pron
- French:
la plupart
nf
- German: das meiste pron
- Chinese: 大多数 pron
- Arabic: مُعْظَمُ pron
- Portuguese: a maioria pron
- Russian: большинство pron
- Croatian: većina pron
- Czech: nejvíc adv
- Danish: de fleste pron
- Dutch: meest pron
- Finnish: useimmat pron
- Greek: πλείστος pron πλείστη
- Italian: gran parte pron
- Japanese: 最多数 pron
- Korean: 최대량 pron
- Norwegian: flest pron
- Polish: najwięcej pron
- Brazilian Portuguese: a maioria pron
- European Spanish: la mayoría pron
- Swedish: mest pron
- Thai: จำนวนมากที่สุด pron
- Turkish: çok pron
- Vietnamese: hầu hết pron
Usage examples
Violent death was beyond the immediate comprehension of most people: at least the violent death of those they knew.
, YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)There is nothing I can't find in Tuscany, and most of it is available within 40 minutes of my back door.
Country Life (2004)He said he would be " most reluctant" to travel with the low-fares airline again.
Irish Times (2002)Hermes, a stickler for corporate governance, is among the institutions most likely to take Royal's board to task today.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Richard I (Richard the Lionheart) spent most of his time fighting abroad.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)