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the most

/mohst/US // moʊst //UK // (məʊst) //

最,最为,是最,最具

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    superlative of much or many, with more as comparative.

    • : in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes.
    • : in the majority of instances: Most operations are successful.
    • : greatest, as in size or extent: the most talent.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost: The most I can hope for is a passing grade.
    • : the greatest number or the majority of a class specified: Most of his writing is rubbish.
    • : the greatest number: The most this room will seat is 150.
    • : the majority of persons: to be more sensitive than most.
    • : the most, Slang. the ultimate in something: He's the most. That movie was the most.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    superlative of much, with more as comparative.

    • : in or to the greatest extent or degree: most rapid; most wisely.
    • : extremely; very: a most puzzling case.
    • : Informal. almost or nearly.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insublime
as inultimate

Examples

  • Turkey has had more than a decade of economic boom, and is now the sixth-most-visited tourist destination in the world.

  • Since then, Abilify has risen from the fifth-most-prescribed drug to the top of the heap.

  • “Daughter” was the second-most Googled search term for the Louisiana race, the Washington Examiner reported.

  • The most-intact section of this image is the dark, bowl-shaped object.

  • The most recent numbers place it as the seventh-most unequal among 35 OECD states.

  • He had been down into the bottom-most pit of hell, and the sights that he had seen there had withered him up.

  • The top-most bud waits only through the twelve hours of a single day to open.

  • Her father had no son living, therefore she was an only child, and the most-sought-after of any maiden in that band.

  • The noblest and most-varied scenery in the north-west Himalaya is in the catchment area of the Jhelam.

  • The birds were filling the top-most branches, a gathering of the clans, evidently, for the day's start.