most
About 718.88 uses per million words.
Meaning
- determiner superlative degree of much.
The teams competed to see who could collect (the) most money.
- determiner superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
The team with the most points wins.
- determiner superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.
- adverb Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
This is the most important example.
- adverb With a superlative adjective ending in -est.
the most tallest building in the world
- adverb To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
This is a most unusual specimen.
- adverb superlative degree of much
- adjective The greatest; the best.
Similar words
all but just about virtually about nearly almost well-nigh nigh near to the highest degree
Often followed by
of important common part likely people cases often effective popular
Word family
mosts
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