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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Synonyms 1.6.2 Translations 1.7 Anagrams 1.8 Related terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
until	does	Gutenberg	#245: best	word	light	felt

[ Etymology

Old English betest.

[ Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛst/, SAMPA: /bEst/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɛst

[ Adjective

best

1. Superlative form of good.

[ Translations

superlative of the adjective good

Albanian: më i miri Arabic: الأفضل Catalan: el millor Chinese: 最好 (zuì háo) Croatian: najbolji Czech: nejlepší Danish: best Dutch: best Finnish: paras Hungarian: legjobb Icelandic: bestur m., best f., best n. Irish: fearr

Italian: il migliore Latin: optimus, m., optima, f., optimum n. Manx: bare, share Norwegian: best Persian: بِهتَرین (behtærīn) Polish: najlepszy m., najlepsza f., najlepsze n. Portuguese: o melhor Russian: лучший, лучшая, лучшее, лучшие m/f/n/pl Spanish: el mejor Swedish: bäst

[ Adverb

best

1. Superlative form of well.

[ Translations

superlative of thee adverb good

Chinese: 最好 (zuìhǎo) Finnish: parhaiten German: beste

Latin: optime Portuguese: melhor Russian: лучше всего (lúčše vsevó) Swedish: bäst

[ Noun

Singular best

Plural countable and uncountable; bests

best (countable and uncountable; plural bests)

1. (uncountable) The supreme effort one can make

   I did my best.

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

[ Translations

effort

Norwegian: beste

person

Finnish: paras, parhain, parhaimmisto

Norwegian: best Portuguese: melhor m.

[ Verb

Infinitive to best

Third person singular bests

Simple past bested

Past participle bested

Present participle besting

to best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested)

1. (transitive) To beat in a contest.

[ Synonyms

• To worst.

[ Translations

to beat

Finnish: voittaa

Norwegian: slå

[ Anagrams

• bets

[ Related terms

• better
• bestest

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[ Dutch

(inflection)	uninflected	inflected
positive	goed	goede
comparative	beter	betere
superlative	best	beste

[ Pronunciation

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[ Adjective

best

1. best

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[ Swedish

[ Noun

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

1. beast