most

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   Nearly all of a group; more than half.

   Most bakers have to get up early in the morning.

2. 2
   det

   The largest number or amount of something.

   The team with the most points wins the game.

3. 3
   adv

   Used to form the superlative of longer adjectives and adverbs.

   This is the most important example in the book.

4. 4
   adv

   To a very great degree; extremely.

   That was a most unusual thing to say.

Common collocations

• most intriguing Adverb + adjective
• most refreshing Adverb + adjective
• most salubrious Adverb + adjective
• most treacherous Adverb + adjective

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Middle English English most From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz, *maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).

Topics

External links

• Cambridge Dictionary
• Wiktionary
• Google Images