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most¹

  • /ˈməʊst/ UK
  • /ˈmoʊst/ US
  • [ˈmoːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

Where it comes from

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”).

determiner moste

  1. superlative superlative degree of much The teams competed to see who could collect (the) most money.

    Similar: more than half of, all

  2. superlative superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article) The team with the most points wins.
  3. superlative superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article) Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.

Similar: the majority of

adverb moste

  1. not comparable Forms the superlative of many adjectives. This is the most important example.

    Opposite: least

  2. not comparable, proscribed With a superlative adjective ending in -est. the most tallest building in the world

    Opposite: least

  3. not comparable To a great extent or degree; highly; very. This is a most unusual specimen.
  4. not comparable, superlative superlative degree of much Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too.

adjective moste

  1. dated, not comparable, slang The greatest; the best. PATTY:They announced this year's nominees for student council. And guess who's up for vice-president? Me! Isn't that the most to say the least?

pronoun moste

  1. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people. Most want the best for their children.

    Similar: the majority

noun mosts · moste

  1. uncountable, usually The greatest amount. The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
  2. countable, uncountable, usually The greater part. Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.
  3. countable, usually A record-setting amount. Along with their massive size will come other “mosts”: they will likely be the longest living, the best educated, the wealthiest and the most wired/ wireless.

most²

  • /ˈməʊst/ UK
  • /ˈmoʊst/ US
  • [ˈmoːst] Canada

Rhymes with -əʊst

adverb

  1. US, abbreviation, clipping, informal, not comparable Clipping of almost Random illustration: 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 —[…]

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: all but, just about, virtually, about, nearly, almost, well-nigh, nigh, near, mainly, mostly, largely, maximum, particularly, better, especially

determiner

Similar: the majority of

Translations

Every language

det superlative of much

Portuguêsmais, maioria
Русскийбо́льше всего́ bólʹše vsevó

det superlative of many: comparatively largest number of

日本語最も mottomo, 一番たくさん ichiban takusan
中文最多 zuìduō
हिन्दीअधिकतम adhiktam, सबसे अधिक sabse adhik
Portuguêsmais, maioria
Русскийбо́льше всего́ bólʹše vsevó

det majority of

Españolla mayoría de, muchos
한국어가장 많은 gajang maneun
日本語大部分 daibubun
中文大部分 dàbùfèn
हिन्दीसर्वाधिक sarvādhik
Portuguêsmaioria
Françaisla plupart de, la majeure partie de
Deutschdie meisten
Italianola maggioranza di, di più
Românăcei mai mulți dintre
Русскийбольшинство́ bolʹšinstvó
Tiếng Việthầu hết, đa số
العربيةأَكْثَر ʔakṯar, أَغْلَب ʔaḡlab, مُعْظَم muʕẓam
עבריתרוב róv

adv forming the superlative

Españolel/la/lo más
한국어가장 gajang, 제일 jeil
日本語最も mottomo, 一番 ichiban
中文最 zuì
हिन्दीसबसे sabse, सब से sab se
Portuguêso/a/os/as mais
Françaisle plus, la plus, les plus
Deutsch-ster, -ste, am ...-sten
Italianoil più
Русскийнаи- nai-, са́мый sámyj, наибо́лее naibóleje, -е́йший -éjšij
Tiếng Việt... nhất
العربيةاَلـ al--
עבריתהכי ha'khi

adv highly

中文至 zhì
Portuguêsmuito, extremamente, -íssimo
Françaistrès, extrêmement
Русскийса́мый sámyj, пре- pre-, наибо́лее naibóleje
العربيةجِدًّا jiddan

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@misc{most_2026,
  title = {most},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/most},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}