wikipedia|dab=best (disambiguation)|best
English
rank|until|does|Gutenberg|245|best|word|light|felt

Etymology
OE. betest.

Pronunciation
IPA|/b�st/, SAMPA|/bEst/
audio|en-us-best.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�st

Adjective
best

1. superlative of|good|langEnglish|POSadjective

Translations
trans-top|superlative of the adjective good
Albanian: më i#Albanian|i miri
Arabic: ARchar|ا�أ�ض�
Catalan: el millor
Chinese: �好 (zuì háo)
Croatian: najbolji
Czech: nejlepší
Danish: best
Dutch: best
Finnish: paras
Hungarian: legjobb
Icelandic: bestur m, best#Icelandic|best f, best n
Irish: fearr
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Latin: optimus, m, optima, f, optimum n
Manx: bare, share
Norwegian: best
Persian: FAchar|ب�تر��|ب��ت�ر�� (behtærīn)
Polish: najlepszy m, najlepsza f, najlepsze n
Portuguese: o melhor
Spanish: el mejor
Swedish: bäst
Russian: л���ий, л���а�, л���ее, л���ие m/f/n/pl
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Adverb
best

1. superlative of|well|langEnglish|POSadverb

Translations
trans-top|superlative of the adverb good
Chinese: �好 (zuìh�o)
Finnish: parhaiten
German: beste
trans-mid
Latin: optime
Portuguese: melhor
Russian: л���е ве��#Russian|в�его (lú�še vsevó)
Swedish: bäst
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Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. uncountable The supreme effort one can make

#:I did my best.

1. countable The person (or persons) who is (are) most excellent.

Translations
trans-top|effort
trans-mid
Norwegian: beste
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trans-top|person
Finnish: paras, parhain, parhaimmisto
trans-mid
Norwegian: best
Portuguese: melhor m
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To beat in a contest.

Translations
trans-top|to beat
Finnish: voittaa
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Norwegian: slå
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Anagrams
bets

Related terms
better

Category:Positive words

Dutch

Adjective
best

1. superlative of|goed|langDutch|POSadjective

Swedish

Noun
best (plural bestar, def. sing. besten, def. pl. bestarna)

1. beast

Category:Swedish nouns

ang:best
ar:best
br:best
fa:best
fr:best
ko:best
hy:best
io:best
id:best
it:best
ku:best
lt:best
hu:best
nl:best
ja:best
pl:best
pt:best
ru:best
simple:best
fi:best
sv:best
ta:best
te:best
vi:best
tr:best
zh:best

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