most

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   superlative degree of much.form-ofsuperlative

   • The teams competed to see who could collect (the) most money.
   • I spent most time in Rome because most of Venice is flooded.
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   superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)form-ofsuperlative

   • The team with the most points wins.
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   superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)form-ofsuperlative

   • Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.
   • Winning was not important for most participants.

syn. the majority of

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   Forms the superlative of many adjectives.not-comparable

   • This is the most important example.
   • Correctness is most important.
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   Forms the superlative of many adjectives.; With a superlative adjective ending in -est.not-comparableproscribed

   • the most tallest building in the world
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   To a great extent or degree; highly; very.not-comparable

   • This is a most unusual specimen.
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   superlative degree of muchform-ofnot-comparablesuperlative

   • 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.

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   The greatest; the best.datednot-comparableslang

   • 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?

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   The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.

   • Most want the best for their children.
   • The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most.

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   The greatest amount.uncountableusually

   • The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
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   The greater part.countableuncountableusually

   • Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.
   • Most of the rice was spoiled.
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   A record-setting amount.countableusually

   • 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.
   • The record of Elvis' achievement is truly remarkable; his list of “firsts” and “mosts” is probably without parallel in music and entertainment history.

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   Clipping of almost.USabbreviationalt-of

   • Random illustration: 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 —[…]
   • "We walked there most every day after school."