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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

  1. superlative degree of much.
  2. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
  3. 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)

  1. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
    Antonym: least
  2. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
  3. superlative form of many: most many
  4. superlative form of much: most much
    Antonym: least
Derived terms
Related terms
  • more
Translations

Pronoun

most

  1. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
Synonyms
  • (greater part): the majority

Noun

most (usually uncountable, plural mosts)

  1. (uncountable) The greatest amount.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The greater part.
  3. (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)

  1. (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."
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)

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. 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)

  1. Superseded spelling of móst.

Declension


Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

most

  1. Alternative form of must

Etymology 2

Verb

most

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. must, (unfermented) fruit juice, particularly grape juice

References

  • “most” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mustum.

Noun

most m

  1. must

Descendants

  • German: Most

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *most? (bridge).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m?st/

Noun

most m inan

  1. 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 ?????)

  1. 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)

  1. 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

  1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Inflection


Volapük

Noun

most (nominative plural mosts)

  1. monster

Declension

most From the web:

  • what most directly causes hypertension
  • what most appeals to you about this role
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  • what increases risk of hypertension


maist

English

Adjective

maist (not comparable)

  1. (Tyneside) most

Adverb

maist (not comparable)

  1. (Tyneside) most

Verb

maist

  1. Obsolete form of mayst.

Anagrams

  • amits, tamis

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

maist

  1. elative plural of maa

Etymology 2

Noun

maist

  1. elative singular of mai

Gothic

Romanization

maist

  1. Romanization of ????????????????????

Scots

Etymology

From Old English m?st (most). More at most.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mest], [m?st]

Adjective

maist (not comparable)

  1. most, chief, principal, most powerful

Derived terms

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