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bests

best
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [best]
    • /bɛst/
    • /best/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [best]
    • /bɛst/

Definitions of bests word

  • adjective bests of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students. 1
  • adjective bests most advantageous, suitable, or desirable: the best way. 1
  • adjective bests largest; most: the best part of a day. 1
  • adverb bests most excellently or suitably; with most advantage or success: an opera role that best suits her voice. 1
  • adverb bests in or to the highest degree; most fully (usually used in combination): best-suited; best-known; best-loved. 1
  • noun bests something or someone that is best: They always demand and get the best. The best of us can make mistakes. 1
See all 22 definitions of bests

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Origin of bests

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English beste, Old English betst, best; cognate with Dutch best, Old High German bezzist (German best), Old Norse bezt, Gothic batists. See better1, -est1

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Parts of speech for Bests

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bests

bests popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

bests usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for bests

verb bests

  • beats — Plural form of beat.
  • caps — Capital letters.
  • cobs — Plural form of cob.
  • crestings — Plural form of cresting.
  • defeats — Plural form of defeat.

adjective bests

  • carats — Plural form of carat.
  • champions — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of champion.
  • choices — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
  • cracks — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
  • creamers — Plural form of creamer.

noun bests

  • cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
  • firsts — being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
All 27 Synonyms of bests

Antonyms for bests

adjective bests

  • inferiors — Plural form of inferior.
  • junkers — a member of a class of aristocratic landholders, especially in East Prussia, strongly devoted to militarism and authoritarianism, from among whom the German military forces recruited a large number of its officers.
All 2 Antonyms of bests

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