ALL meanings of best
best
B b - noun best Best is the superlative of good. 3
- singular noun best The best is used to refer to things of the highest quality or standard. 3
- singular noun best Someone's best is the greatest effort or highest achievement or standard that they are capable of. 3
- singular noun best If you say that something is the best that can be done or hoped for, you think it is the most pleasant, successful, or useful thing that can be done or hoped for. 3
- adverb best If you like something best or like it the best, you prefer it. 3
- noun best Best is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with 'good' and 'well'. For example, the superlative of 'well-known' is 'best-known'. 3
- adjective best most excellent of a particular group, category, etc 3
- adjective best most suitable, advantageous, desirable, attractive, etc 3
- adverb best in a manner surpassing all others; most excellently, advantageously, attractively, etc 3
- adverb best in or to the greatest degree or extent; most 3
- noun best the most excellent, pleasing, or skilled quality or condition 3
- noun best the most effective effort of which a person or group is capable 3
- noun best a winning majority 3
- noun best best wishes 3
- noun best a person's smartest outfit of clothing 3
- verb best to gain the advantage over or defeat 3
- noun best Charles Herbert. 1899–1978, Canadian physiologist: associated with Banting and Macleod in their discovery of insulin in 1922 3
- noun best George. 1946–2005, Northern Ireland footballer 3
- adjective best good 3
- adjective best of the most excellent sort; surpassing all others 3
- adjective best most suitable, most desirable, most favorable, most profitable, etc. 3
- adjective best being almost the whole; largest 3
- adverb best well2 3
- adverb best in the most excellent manner; in the most suitable way 3
- adverb best in the highest degree; to the greatest extent; most 3
- noun best people of the highest worth, ability, or reputation 3
- noun best the thing, condition, circumstance, action, etc. that is most excellent, most suitable, etc. 3
- noun best the most one can do; utmost 3
- noun best advantage 3
- noun best one's finest clothes 3
- verb transitive best to win out over; defeat or outdo 3
- adjective best like, of, resembling, from, or used in connection with a well. 1
- adverb best in a good or satisfactory manner: Business is going well. 1
- adverb best thoroughly, carefully, or soundly: to shake well before using; listen well. 1
- adverb best in a moral or proper manner: to behave well. 1
- adverb best commendably, meritoriously, or excellently: a difficult task well done. 1
- adverb best with propriety, justice, or reason: I could not well refuse. 1
- adverb best adequately or sufficiently: Think well before you act. 1
- adverb best to a considerable extent or degree (often used in combination): a sum well over the amount agreed upon; a well-developed theme. 1
- adverb best with great or intimate knowledge: to know a person well. 1
- adverb best certainly; without doubt: I anger easily, as you well know. 1
- adverb best with good nature; without rancor: He took the joke well. 1
- noun best a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur. 1
- noun best a spring or natural source of water. 1
- noun best an apparent reservoir or a source of human feelings, emotions, energy, etc.: He was a well of gentleness and courtesy. 1
- noun best a container, receptacle, or reservoir for a liquid: the well of ink in a fountain pen. 1
- noun best any sunken or deep, enclosed space, as a shaft for air or light, stairs, or an elevator, extending vertically through the floors of a building. 1
- noun best Nautical. a part of a weather deck between two superstructures, extending from one side of a vessel to the other. a compartment or enclosure around a ship's pumps to make them easily accessible and protect them from being damaged by the cargo. 1
- noun best a hollow compartment, recessed area, or depression for holding a specific item or items, as fish in the bottom of a boat or the retracted wheels of an airplane in flight. 1
- noun best any shaft dug or bored into the earth, as for storage space or a mine. 1