ALL meanings of besting
best
B b - adjective besting of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students. 1
- adjective besting most advantageous, suitable, or desirable: the best way. 1
- adjective besting largest; most: the best part of a day. 1
- adverb besting most excellently or suitably; with most advantage or success: an opera role that best suits her voice. 1
- adverb besting in or to the highest degree; most fully (usually used in combination): best-suited; best-known; best-loved. 1
- noun besting something or someone that is best: They always demand and get the best. The best of us can make mistakes. 1
- noun besting a person's finest clothing: It's important that you wear your best. 1
- noun besting a person's most agreeable or desirable emotional state (often preceded by at). 1
- noun besting a person's highest degree of competence, inspiration, etc. (often preceded by at). 1
- noun besting the highest quality to be found in a given activity or category of things (often preceded by at): cabinetmaking at its best. 1
- noun besting the best effort that a person, group, or thing can make: Their best fell far short of excellence. 1
- noun besting a person's best wishes or kindest regards: Please give my best to your father. 1
- verb with object besting to get the better of; defeat; beat: He easily bested his opponent in hand-to-hand combat. She bested me in the argument. 1
- idioms besting all for the best, for the good as the final result; to an ultimate advantage: At the time it was hard to realize how it could be all for the best. Also, for the best. 1
- idioms besting as best one can, in the best way possible under the circumstances: We tried to smooth over the disagreement as best we could. 1
- idioms besting at best, under the most favorable circumstances: You may expect to be treated civilly, at best. 1
- idioms besting get / have the best of, to gain the advantage over. to defeat; subdue: His arthritis gets the best of him from time to time. 1
- idioms besting had best, would be wisest or most reasonable to; ought to: You had best phone your mother to tell her where you are going. 1
- idioms besting make the best of, to cope with in the best way possible: to make the best of a bad situation. 1
- idioms besting with the best, on a par with the most capable: He can play bridge with the best. 1
- verb besting present participle of best. 0