Most

[most]

(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number

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Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.

Adverb

Adverb
used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake"

Adverb
very; "a most welcome relief"


a.
Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.

a.
Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it.

a.
Highest in rank; greatest.

a.
In the greatest or highest degree.


Most

Most , a., superl. of More. [OE. most, mast, mest, AS. mst; akin to D. meest, OS. m'c7st, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. 'fb103. See More, a.] 1. Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness." Prov. xx. 6.
The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done.
2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. "In the moste pride." Chaucer. 3. Highest in rank; greatest. [Obs.] Chaucer. &hand; Most is used as a noun, the words part, portion, quantity, etc., being omitted, and has the following meanings: 1. The greatest value, number, or part; preponderating portion; highest or chief part. 2. The utmost; greatest possible amount, degree, or result; especially in the phrases to make the most of, at the most, at most.
A quarter of a year or some months at the most.
A covetous man makes the most of what he has.
For the most part, in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing. -- Most an end, generally. See An end, under End, n. [Obs.] "She sleeps most an end." Massinger.

Most

Most, adv. [AS. m&aemac;st. See Most, a.] In the greatest or highest degree.
Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates.
&hand; Placed before an adjective or adverb, most is used to form the superlative degree, being equivalent to the termination -est; as, most vile, most wicked; most illustrious; most rapidly. Formerly, and until after the Elizabethan period of our literature, the use of the double superlative was common. See More, adv.
The most unkindest cut of all.
The most straitest sect of our religion.

Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all.

In the greatest or highest degree.

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Usage Examples

'The Dance Scene' is basically the most amazing dance show in the world, and it follows me as a creative director. You see how I maintain that creativity.

'Breaking Bad' is the best, the greatest, the most amazing thing I have ever watched on television.

'Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era,' the Whitney Museum's 40th-anniversary trip down counterculture memory lane, provides moments of buzzy fun, but it'll leave you only comfortably numb. For starters, it may be the whitest, straightest, most conservative show seen in a New York museum since psychedelia was new.

A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.

'Hamlet' is one of the most dangerous things ever set down on paper. All the big, unknowable questions like what it is to be a human being the difference between sanity and insanity the meaning of life and death what's real and not real. All these subjects can literally drive you mad.

'Howard the Duck!' That's a really interesting movie. I appreciate my career, because I've had a lot of very interesting ups and downs, and most people... That movie is such a famous flop. In a land of a lot of flops, it's kind of awesome to be in a really famous flop. I mean, it's kind of a poster child for flops.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

'Avatar' is the greatest, most comprehensive collection of movie cliches ever assembled, but it's put together in a brand new way with a new technology, and tremendous imagination, making it a true epic and a kind of a milestone.

A good part - and definitely the most fun part - of being a feminist is about frightening men.

A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.

1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honour for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.

A first-generation fortune is the most likely to be given away, but once a fortune is inherited it's less likely that a very high percentage will go back to society.

'Swan Lake' is the most difficult thing to portray for a female ballet dancer it really requires such specific qualities of articulation, agility, strength, and the arm work is something that takes a lot of training.

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