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Latest revision as of 21:09, 6 March 2013 [edit] English Wikipedia [edit] Etymology From Middle English beste, from Old English betst, betest ("best"), from Proto-Germanic *batistaz ("best"), from Proto-Indo-European *bhAd- ("good"). Cognate with Scots best ("best"), West Frisian best ("best"), Dutch best ("best"), German beste ("best"), Danish bedst ("best"), Swedish bäst ("best"), Icelandic bestur ("best"). More at better. [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Adjective best - superlative form of good: most good.
[edit] Translations superlative of the adjective good | | | - Irish: is fearr (ga)
- Italian: il migliore (it)
- Japanese: (+ -の -no) 最高 (ja) (さいこう, saikō), 最もよい (ja) (もっともよい, mottomo yoi), (+ -の -no) 最良 (ja) (さいりょう, sairyō), 一番 (ja) (いちばん, ichiban), ベスト (ja) (besuto)
- Latin: optimus (la) m, optima (la) f, optimum (la) n
- Malay: terbaik (ms)
- Manx: bare, share
- Norwegian: best (no)
- Persian: بِهتَرین (fa) (behtærīn)
- Polish: najlepszy
- Portuguese: o melhor (pt)
- Russian: лучший (ru) (lúčšij), наилучший (ru) (nailúčšij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: најбољи (sh)
- Roman: najbolji (sh)
- Spanish: el mejor (es)
- Swedish: bäst (sv)
- Welsh: gorau (cy)
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[edit] Adverb best - superlative form of well: most well.
[edit] Translations superlative of the adverb well best (countable and uncountable; plural bests) - (uncountable) The supreme effort one can make
- I did my best.
- 2011 September 28, Tom Rostance, "Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos", BBC Sport:
- Home defender Per Mertesacker had to be at his best to stop a dangerous cross from Vassilis Torossidis reaching Djebbour, but moments later Arsenal doubled their lead through Santos.
- (countable) The person (or persons) who is (are) most excellent.
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- personal best
[edit] Translations best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested) - to surpass in skill or achievement.
- (transitive) To beat in a contest;
- 2010, T. William Phillips, Restless Heart, page 16
- "You did not win because I was sloppy. You bested me, Uncle. I've never seen you fight like that before."
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[edit] Etymology From Old Dutch *betst, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz, superlative of *gōdaz. [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Adjective best - superlative form of goed; best.
- fine, okay
- Mag ik buiten spelen? — Ik vind het best, als je maar voor het eten weer thuis bent.
- May I go and play outside? — It's fine with me, as long as you're back home again before dinner.
[edit] Synonyms [edit] Adverb best - quite
[edit] Middle Dutch [edit] Etymology From Old Dutch *betst, from Proto-Germanic *batistaz, superlative of *gōdaz. [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Adjective best - best; superlative form of goet.
[edit] Adverb best - best; superlative form of wel.
[edit] Descendants
[edit] Old Saxon [edit] Alternative forms [edit] Etymology from Proto-Germanic *batistaz ("best"). [edit] Adverb best - best
[edit] Swedish best c - beast
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