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most
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?st, IPA(key): /?m??st/
- (General American) enPR: m?st, IPA(key): /?mo?st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Etymology 1
From Middle English most, moste, from Old English m?st, m?st, 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”).
Alternative forms
- moste (obsolete)
Determiner
most
- superlative degree of much.
- superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
- superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
Synonyms
- (superlative of much): more than half of (in meaning, not grammar), almost all
- (superlative of many): the majority of (in meaning, not grammar)
Translations
Adverb
most (not comparable)
- Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
- Antonym: least
- To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
- superlative form of many: most many
- superlative form of much: most much
- Antonym: least
Derived terms
Related terms
- more
Translations
Pronoun
most
- The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
Synonyms
- (greater part): the majority
Noun
most (usually uncountable, plural mosts)
- (uncountable) The greatest amount.
- (countable, uncountable) The greater part.
- (countable) A record-setting amount.
Usage notes
- In the sense of record, used when the positive denotation of best does not apply.
Etymology 2
Reduction of almost.
Adverb
most (not comparable)
- (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
- 1998, Bill Zehme, The Way You Wear Your Hat: And the Lost Art of Livin' (page 181)
- 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 […]
- 2000, Jewish Baltimore: A Family Album ?ISBN, page 159:
- "We walked there most every day after school."
- 1998, Bill Zehme, The Way You Wear Your Hat: And the Lost Art of Livin' (page 181)
Translations
References
- most at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- MOTs, MTSO, TMOs, Toms, mots, smot, toms
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mustum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?most/
Noun
most m (plural mosts or mostos)
- must (fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented)
Further reading
- “most” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “most” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “most” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “most” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *most? (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?most]
Noun
most m inan
- bridge
Declension
Derived terms
- m?stek
- mostní
- mostový
- p?emostit
See also
- lávka
Further reading
- most in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- most in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin mustum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
most m (uncountable, diminutive mostje n)
- must (unfermented or partially fermented mashed grapes or rarely other fruits, an early stage in the production of wine)
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin mustum.
Noun
most m (plural mosts)
- must (unfermented grape juice or wine)
Hungarian
Etymology
From the earlier ma (“now”), which in modern Hungarian means “today” + -st. For the suffix, compare valamelyest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mo?t]
- Rhymes: -o?t
Adverb
most
- now
Declension
It can be suffixed from its variant mostan: mostantól (“from now on”), mostanra (“by now”), mostanig (“until now”), or the latter more commonly formed with -a-, mostanáig (“until now”).
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- most in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
Lower Sorbian
Noun
most m (diminutive mos?ik)
- Superseded spelling of móst.
Declension
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
most
- Alternative form of must
Etymology 2
Verb
most
- second-person singular present indicative of moten (“to have to”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German most, must, from Latin mustum
Noun
most m (definite singular mosten, indefinite plural moster, definite plural mostene)
- must, (unfermented) fruit juice, particularly grape juice
References
- “most” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “most” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Low German most, must, from Latin mustum
Noun
most m (definite singular mosten, indefinite plural mostar, definite plural mostane)
- must, (unfermented) fruit juice, particularly grape juice
References
- “most” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mustum.
Noun
most m
- must
Descendants
- German: Most
Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *most? (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?st/
Noun
most m inan
- bridge (building over a river or valley)
Declension
Further reading
- most in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- most in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *most? (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mô?st/
Noun
m?st m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
Declension
Derived terms
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *most? (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [most]
Noun
most m (genitive singular mosta, nominative plural mosty, genitive plural mostov, declension pattern of dub)
- bridge
Declension
Derived terms
- mostík
- mostný
- mostový
Further reading
- most in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *most? (“bridge”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mó?st/
Noun
m??st m inan
- bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)
Inflection
Volapük
Noun
most (nominative plural mosts)
- monster
Declension
most From the web:
- what most directly causes hypertension
- what most appeals to you about this role
- what most determines the entropy of a solid
- what increases risk of hypertension
maist
English
Adjective
maist (not comparable)
- (Tyneside) most
Adverb
maist (not comparable)
- (Tyneside) most
Verb
maist
- Obsolete form of mayst.
Anagrams
- amits, tamis
Estonian
Etymology 1
Noun
maist
- elative plural of maa
Etymology 2
Noun
maist
- elative singular of mai
Gothic
Romanization
maist
- Romanization of ????????????????????
Scots
Etymology
From Old English m?st (“most”). More at most.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mest], [m?st]
Adjective
maist (not comparable)
- most, chief, principal, most powerful
Derived terms
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