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Best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested) Comparative, comparative degree – the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" Worst – (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year" Well1 /wɛl/USA pronunciation adv., adj., comparative bet•ter, superlative best, interj. Adj superlative → meilleur(e)He's the best player in the team → Il est le meilleur joueur de l'équipe.the best thing to do is to go … Finest, leading, top, chief, supreme, principal, first, foremost, superlative, pre-eminent, unsurpassed, most accomplished, most skilful, most excellent He was the best player in the world for most of the 1950s.
Colby Parkinson has 43 catches, eight for touchdowns, both career bests. His pursuit of firsts, bests, biggests, quickest has helped fuel his success to unforeseen heights with SpaceX and Tesla, where he is also chief executive. Matthew Rhys has continued his fine form this awards season after being announced as the Best Actor at the Bafta Cymru Awards ceremony. Health officials say vaccination is the best form of protection against the flu and are urging people to get their shots soon. Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. People also use this word to recommend something, as in "It would be best to get a lot of sleep."
Nothing is better than the best — this is a word for the absolute number one example of something. First recorded before 900; Middle English beste, Old English betst, best; cognate with Dutch best, Old High German bezzist ( German best Ksi Casino ), Old Norse bezt, Gothic batists; see better 1, -est 1 Borrowed from Middle English beste (whence modern English beast), from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia. countablev. uncountable well2 /wɛl/USA pronunciation n.
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The U.S. swimmer bested Mark Spitz’s seven golds won at the Munich games in 1972. They notoriously bested Kendrick Lamar at the 2014 Grammy Awards in the rap album category. A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? Best (comparative (nonstandard, humorous) bester, superlative (nonstandard, humorous) bestest)