Most

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See also Most, and -most

English

Most common English words: good « never « shall « #101: most » where » those » own

Etymology

From Old English mǣst, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Dutch meest, German meist, Swedish mest.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: mōst, IPA: /məʊst/, SAMPA: /m@Ust/
• (US) enPR: mōst, IPA: /moʊst/, SAMPA: /moUst/

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  Rhymes: -əʊst

Determiner

Most

1. Superlative form of much.

   Most people like chocolate.

   Most simply choose to ignore it.

   Most want the best for their children.

Synonyms

• almost all

Translations

majority of

Arabic: معظم ar(ar) (mú`Zam) Armenian: մեծամասնություն hy(hy) (meçamasnut’yun) Chinese: Mandarin: 大部分 cmn(cmn) (dàbùfēn) Czech: většina cs(cs) Dutch: meeste Estonian: enamik et(et) Finnish: useimmat fi(fi) French: la plupart de German: die meisten Hebrew: רוב (rov)

Hungarian: legtöbb hu(hu) Italian: la maggioranza di, di più Japanese: 大部分 ja(ja) (だいぶぶん, daibubun) Korean: 가장 많은 (gajang maneun) Kurdish: زۆربه‌ ku(ku) (zorbe) Norwegian: de fleste Russian: большинство ru(ru) (bol’šinstvó) n. (+ genitive case) Slovene: večina Spanish: la mayoría de Swedish: de flesta, flertalet

Adverb

Most

1. Superlative form of many.
2. Superlative form of much.
3. (With a definite article) Forms the superlative of many adjectives.

   This is the most important example.

4. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.

   This is a most unusual specimen.

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Antonyms

• fewest
• least

Related terms

• more

Derived terms

• -most
• make the most of
• mostly
• foremost

Translations

superlative of many

Armenian: ամենաշատ hy(hy) (amenašat) Chinese: Mandarin: 最多 cmn(cmn) (zuìduō) Finnish: useimmat fi(fi)

Japanese: 一番たくさん ja(ja) (ichiban takusan) Norwegian: flest no(no) Russian: больше всего ru(ru) (ból'še vsegó) (read: ból'še vsevó) Scots: [[maist#Template:Sco|maist]]

superlative of much

Armenian: ամենաշատ hy(hy) (amenašat) Finnish: eniten fi(fi) Norwegian: mest no(no)

Russian: больше всего ru(ru) (ból'še vsevó) Scots: [[maist#Template:Sco|maist]]

adverb forming superlative

Arabic: (+ الـ + al-) (a superlative pattern of the adjective) Armenian: ամենա- hy(hy) (amena-), -գույն hy(hy) (-guyn) Chinese: Mandarin: 最 cmn(cmn) (zuì) French: le plus + m noun, la plus + f noun, les plus + plural noun Hindi: सबसे hi(hi) (sabse) Italian: il più Japanese: 最も ja(ja) (もっとも, mottomo), 最 ja(ja) (さい-, sai-) Norwegian: mest no(no)

Portuguese: o/a/os/as mais Russian: самый ru(ru) (sámyj), пре- ru(ru) (pre-), наиболее ru(ru) (naibóleje), наи- ru(ru) (nai-) Scots: maist Slovene: najbolj sl(sl) Spanish: el/la/lo más Swedish: mest sv(sv) Thai: ..ที่สุด th(th) (...têe-sùt) Vietnamese: ... nhất vi(vi)

highly

Arabic: جدًا (jíddan) Armenian: շատ hy(hy) (šat) Chinese: 至 (zhì) Finnish: erittäin, äärimmäisen, todella, tosi, mitä + superlative French: très fr(fr), extrêmement fr(fr)

Norwegian: høyst no(no), meget no(no), veldig no(no) Russian: самый ru(ru) (sámyj), пре- ru(ru) (pre-), наиболее ru(ru) (naibóleje) Scots: maist Swedish: högst sv(sv)

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Estonian: kõige et(et) Ido: maxim Italian: la maggioranza (1); la maggioranza della gente (2)

Slovene: večina Spanish: la mayoría es(es) Swedish: majoriteten, de flesta, flertalet

Noun

Singular Most

Plural -

Most (-)

1. (uncountable) The greatest amount.

   The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.

2. (countable) A record-setting amount.

Usage notes

• In the sense of record, used when the positive denotation of best does not apply.

Anagrams

• most,
• MOTs
• MTSO
• toms

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Bosnian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Noun

mȏst m. [[Category:Template:Bs nouns|Most]]

1. bridge

Declension

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Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Noun

mȏst m. [[Category:Template:Hr nouns|Most]]

1. bridge

Declension

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /most/

Noun

Most m.

1. bridge

Declension

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Derived terms

• můstek m.
• mostní
• mostový
• přemostit

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Hungarian

Adverb

Most

1. now

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Old High German

Etymology

From Latin mustum.

Noun

Most m.

1. must

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔst/

Noun

Most m.

1. bridge

Declension

    declension of Most

	singular	plural
nominative	most	mosty
genitive	mostu	mostów
dative	mostowi	mostom
accusative	most	mosty
instrumental	mostem	mostami
locative	moście	mostach
vocative	moście	mosty

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Serbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Noun

mȏst m. (Cyrillic spelling мост)[[Category:Template:Sr nouns|Most]]

1. bridge

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /môːst/

Noun

mȏst m. (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ст)

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Declension

    declension of Most

	singular	plural
nominative	mȏst	mòstovi
genitive	mȍsta	mostova
dative	mostu	mostovima
accusative	mosta	mostove
vocative	moste	mostovi
locative	mostu	mostovima
instrumental	mostom	mostovima

Derived terms

mòstac mostàrina

mòstić mòstiti

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ, from Proto-Germanic *masta-.

Noun

Most m. (plural mosty)[[Category:Template:Sk nouns|Most]]

1. bridge

Derived terms

• mostík
• mostný
• mostový

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Slovene

Noun

Most m.

1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

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