best
Meaning
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- superlative form of good: most good.
- Most; largest.
- Most superior; most favorable.
Synonyms
most excellent
𐐺𐐯𐑅𐐻
most important
Bata
advisable thing
most beautiful
most proper
most respectable
better than any other
A-one
have the best
good at
highest degree
first-rank
finest quality
superior quality
fine example
the largest
ace-high
bahlest
first-class
of first importance
high class
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɛst/
Etymology
From Middle English beste, best, from Old English betst, betest, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz.
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good
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- Acting in the interest of what is beneficial, ethical, or moral.
- Competent or talented.
- Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit; used with for.
- Well-behaved (especially of children or animals).
- Satisfied or at ease; not requiring more.
- (colloquial) Accepting of, OK with
- Of high rank or birth.
- Useful for a particular purpose; functional.
- Effective.
- (obsolete) Real; actual; serious.
- Having a particularly pleasant taste.
- Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.
- Of food or other perishable products, still fit for use; not yet expired, stale, rotten, etc.
- Valid, of worth, capable of being honoured.
- True, valid, of explanatory strength.
- Right, proper, as it should be.
- Healthful.
- Pleasant; enjoyable.
- Favourable.
- Unblemished; honourable.
- Beneficial; worthwhile.
- Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.
- (colloquial) Very, extremely. See good and.
- (colloquial) Ready.
- Holy (especially when capitalized) .
- Reasonable in amount.
- Large in amount or size.
- Full; entire; at least as much as.
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well
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- Accurately, competently, satisfactorily.
- Completely, fully.
- To a significant degree.
- (slang) Very (as a general-purpose intensifier).
- In a desirable manner; so as one could wish; satisfactorily; favourably; advantageously.
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