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- pronunciation:
- most
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, adverb
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adjective |
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If you have the most books in your family, then you have more books than anybody else. If you have four pets and your other friends have only one or two, then you have the most pets of all your friends.
Riding on that roller coaster was the most fun I've ever had!- synonyms:
- biggest, greatest, largest
- similar words:
- best, extreme, farthest, highest, longest, main, maximum, widest
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| definition 2: |
Sometimes we use "most" when we are talking about the larger part of a group of things or people. The meaning of "most" is always more than half, but sometimes it is close in meaning to "all."
Most birds can fly, but penguins can't.My dad says that most people in America have a TV. |
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noun |
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"Most" means the greatest number or amount of something.
We ate most of the cake that mom made. There is only a little bit left.Ryan spent most of his money at the fair. He felt bad because he didn't win a prize even though he spent a lot of money trying.- similar words:
- maximum, peak
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many |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
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If one question on a quiz is the most difficult question, then that question was more difficult than any other question. If the movie you just saw was more exciting than all the other movies you've seen, then this movie was the most exciting movie you've seen.
I think Alex is the most intelligent kid in our class.Everyone loved the movie, but Marty loved it most.- synonyms:
- quite, very
- similar words:
- especially, extremely
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