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Definition: Most |
MostAdjective1. (superlative of `many' used with count nouns; often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number; "who has the most apples?"; "most people like eggs"; "most fishes have fins". 2. (superlative of `much' used with mass nouns; usually preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree; used with mass nouns; usually follows `the'; "made the most money he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the most of a bad deal". Adverb1. Used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake". 2. (intensifier) very; "a most welcome relief". 3. (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; (`near' is used informally for `nearly' as in "I was near exhausted by the run"; `most' is used informally for `almost' as in "most everybody agrees"). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "most" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Most \Most\, a., superlative of More. [Old English most, mast, mest, Anglo-Saxon; akin to Dutch meest, Old Saxon m[=e]st, German meist, Icelandic mestr, Gothic maists; a superlative corresponding to English more. See More, adjective]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Most, Almost, Very. Sometimes incorrectly used for almost, as "He writes to me most every week." It is often loosely used in the sense of very, as "This is a most interesting book." Aim to use most only as the superlative of much, or many. Do not use the indefinite article before it, as "This is a most beautiful picture." We may say "This is the most beautiful picture," for here comparison is implied. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MOST | Dutch | MOS-transistor | Electrical Engineering |
MOST | English | Media Oriented Systems-Transfer | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: MostSynonyms: most(a) (adj), about (adv), all but (adv), almost (adv), just about (adv), near (adv), nearly (adv), nigh (adv), to the highest degree (adv), virtually (adv), well-nigh (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: fewest(a) (adj), least(a) (adj), least (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Greatly; Adjective: much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little; pretty, pretty well; enough, in a great measure, richly; to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent; on a large scale; so; never so, ever so; ever so dole; scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much; by wholesale; mighty, powerfully; with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably; beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds; incalculably, infinitely. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Most |
| English words defined with "most": at most, at the most ♦ for the most part ♦ Most an end, most valuable player. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "most": asymptotically most powerful test ♦ locally asymptotically most stringent test ♦ most general unifier, most powerful test, most selective confidence intervals, Most Significant Bit, most stringent test ♦ parasitic MOST ♦ uniformly most powerful test. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "most": Seldem. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Most" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Czech (bridge), Dutch (must), German (cider, fruit juice, fruit wine, must, Perry), Hungarian (at present, at the moment, at the present time, for the time being, newly, now, on the present occasion, on this particular occasion, presently, this time), Macedonian (bridge), Polish (bridge), Serbo-Croatian (bridge). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The most powerful man in the world (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Men, the most absurd of God's creatures (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Most guys do. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Enjoy it. Most of us never get to know what it feels like (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Michael was the most sexually experienced of us, which means he had kissed a girl on more than two occasions (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) | |
Lyrics | Most girls want a man with the mean green (Most Girls; performing artist: Pink) Your most awesome work was done ("El Shaddai"; performing artist: Amy Grant) Droppin' game so sick I got 'em doin' tha most. (Uh Huh; performing artist: B2K) Who fight it out most nights (Living In Sin; performing artist: Bon Jovi) Most people looked at him with terror and with fear (Rasputin; performing artist: BONEY M) | |
Clever | Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. (references; author: Mark Twain) The most common name in the world is Mohammed. (references; author: unknown) Most accidents happen at home. Maybe we should move. (references; author: unknown) Seen it all, done it all, can't remember most of it. (references; author: unknown) Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Most Beautiful Animal in the World (1974) Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (1973) The Girl Most Likely to... (1973) Bio jednom jedan most (1972) | |
Song Titles | Most Girls (performing artist: Pink) The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (performing artist: Prince) Just When I Needed You Most (performing artist: Randy Van Warmer) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Pictured are two researchers on a laboratorry setting. They are looking at slides on a light box. These are slides of cultures of cells that make monoclonal antibodies. These are grown in a lab and the researchers are analyzing the products to select the most promising of them. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a procedure to treat cancer. Patients are injected with a photosensitizer which is a light sensitive drug selectively retained by cancer cells. When exposed to laser light, the photosensitizer in the cancer cells produces a toxic reaction which destroys the tumor. This photo shows an argon-ion laser, the first component of the argon pumped-dye laser (630nm red). This argon-ion laser emits blue-green light at 488/514 nm, and is used to excite a dye in the second component, the dye laser head, where the wavelength is changed to 630nm red. Different photosensitizers absorb light at different wavelengths. Some absorb light most efficiently in the blue light region of the spectrum around 400 nanometers(nm) with lesser absorption in the green and red light range. However, red light at 630 nm penetrates deeper into the tumor tissue (3-8 mm) than green or blue light. For this reason, the majority of PDT work has used 630 nm light. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
The ulcerations are for the most part painless, and granulomatous in nature, i.e. chronic inflammation. The C. granulomatis bacterium is a bipolar, Gram negative organism, previously name Donovania granulomatis. Credit: CDC. | Table showing comparison of maximum and current morbidity of most vaccine-preventable diseases. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Most of the eastern U.S. was cloud free October 11. Such widespread cloudlessness in this part of the world is rare. These clear skies are associated with a region of high pressure over the eastern central U.S. Credit: NASA. | Nature's most powerful explosions, gamma-ray bursts, occur among the normal stellar population ... Credit: NASA. | |
A survey of galaxy clusters by the Hubble telescope has found what could be some of the most ... Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Three-color filter image of the Galilean satellite, Io, one of the most volcanically active bodies in the solar system. Credit: NASA. | |
![]() | View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17.Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972,it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view ofthe south pole. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world's largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched. Credit: NASA. |
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| "Bezeq Tel Aviv" by Dan Goldfeder Commentary: "This photo was taken in May, 2002. Is one of the most modern buildings in Israel." | "Lone Ant" by Hubert H White Commentary: "In the everyday there are great obstacles, ask your local neighbour Ant. This one has lost his friends and looks to be far from home. Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others? —Martin Luther King, Jr." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander Pope | Most women have no characters at all. |
Benjamin Franklin | Observe all men, thyself most. |
Homer | The most preferable of evils. |
Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Power is the most persuasive rhetoric. |
Lord Byron | When we think we lead we are most led. |
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne | The thing I fear most is fear. |
Ovid | You will go most safely in the middle. |
Plato | The wisest have the most authority. |
Publilius Syrus | The empire of custom is most mighty. |
Robert Browning | Who knows most, doubts most. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | If any of our earls or barons, or others holding of us in chief by military service shall have died, and at the time of his death his heir shall be full of age and owe "relief", he shall have his inheritance by the old relief, to wit, the heir or heirs of an earl, for the whole baroncy of an earl by L100; the heir or heirs of a baron, L100 for a whole barony; the heir or heirs of a knight, 100s, at most, and whoever owes less let him give less, according to the ancient custom of fees. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | And Abimelech particularly is called king, though at most he was but their general. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2018 | The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | That the people have an original right to establish, for their future govern-ment, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their own happiness, is the basis on which the whole American fabric has been erected. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The bourgeoisie, historically, has played a most revolutionary part. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The breaking-up must be completed within three months at the most after the coming into force of the present Treaty. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | These are somber facts for anyone to have to recite on the morrow of a victory gained by so much splendid comradeship in arms and in the cause of freedom and democracy; but we should be most unwise not to face them squarely while time remains. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She absolutely refused to allow me, which I then thought most unreasonable |
Horrors | Carroll, Lewis | I saw a monster come with speed, Its face of grimmliest green, On human beings used to feed, Most dreadful to be seen |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Twelve! He touched the spring of his repeater, to correct this most preposterous clock |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Among those who promoted the design, Governor Bellingham was said to be one of the most busy |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The most august, most sublime, and most charming in humanity and perhaps out of humanity, have made plays on words |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | At most, by an alms given to a beggar whose blessing he fled from, he might hope wearily to win for himself some measure of actual grace |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Here, most gracious liege |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | If something went wrong it would be his fault, and while no one would say it, everyone, and Al most of all, would know it was his fault |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | After this manner we continued in the island for ten days, most part of every day with the Governor, and at night in our lodging |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | But the ice itself is the object of most interest, though you must improve the earliest opportunity to study it. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Blood tests are most common. (references) | |
Most frequently asymptomatic. (references) | ||
Most TD cases begin abruptly. (references) | ||
Business | Most parts are imported. (references) | |
Most now use incineration. (references) | ||
Most giftware items are imported. (references) | ||
Children | Kenya | These are a heavy burden on most families. (references) |
Saudi Arabia | By age 9, most children are segregated by sex in school. (references) | |
Swaziland | Most students reach grade 7, which is the last year in primary school. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Gabon | Most also criticized the President. (references) |
Lebanon | Most non-Lebanese refugees are Palestinians. (references) | |
Belize | Most are Africans from Nigeria or Sierra Leone. (references) | |
Discrimination | Uganda | Most violations of Acholi rights resulted from LRA actions. (references) |
Bhutan | Women are accorded respect in the traditions of most ethnic groups, although some exile groups claim that gender discrimination is a problem. (references) | |
Tonga | Social, cultural, and economic facilities are available to all citizens regardless of race or religion; however, members of the hereditary nobility have substantial advantages, including control over most land and a generally privileged status. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | Most are farmers. (references) |
Mauritius | Most are in French. (references) | |
Uganda | Most radiate from Kampala. (references) | |
Human Rights | Seychelles | Bail was available for most offenses. (references) |
El Salvador | Judges, not juries, decide most cases. (references) | |
Dominican Republic | The method most often used is beating. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Panama | Most live in extreme poverty and isolation. (references) |
Indonesia | The day was observed peacefully in most parts of Papua. (references) | |
Dominica | Most Carib Indians engage in farming, fishing, and handicraft. (references) | |
Minorities | Kuwait | Most have admitted to Saudi or Syrian origin. (references) |
Azerbaijan | Most shield their identity or try to leave Azerbaijan. (references) | |
Croatia | These incidents were most common in the Danubian region. (references) | |
Political Economy | China | Conditions at most prisons remained harsh. (references) |
SWEDEN | Most raw materials are imported duty free. (references) | |
SINGAPORE | Most infringing products appear to be imported. (references) | |
Political Rights | Swaziland | Citizens elect most members of the lower house of Parliament. (references) |
Georgia | An elected president and parliament govern most of the country. (references) | |
Kuwait | Most political blocs joined to form coalitions during the year. (references) | |
Trade | Panama | All or most production is exported. (references) |
Maldives | LC's form the basis for most trade. (references) | |
Argentina | In Argentina, most standards are voluntary. (references) | |
Travel | El Salvador | Pharmacies stock most medicines. (references) |
Vietnam | To most, business is a zero-sum game. (references) | |
Vietnam | These guides are available at most hotels. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | Women in rural areas are most affected by inequality. (references) |
Rwanda | Women traditionally perform most of the subsistence farming. (references) | |
Eritrea | In the lowlands, infibulation--the most severe from of FGM--is practiced. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bangladesh | Criminal gangs procure most of the youths. (references) |
Tunisia | They inspect most firms about once every 2 years. (references) | |
Uruguay | Most complaints are resolved within a few months. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FLOP, v. Suddenly to change one's opinions and go over to another party. The most notable flop on record was that of Saul of Tarsus, who has been severely criticised as a turn-coat by some of our partisan journals. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Dennis Miller | For most law-abiding citizens, Big Brother is not watching us. |
Henry Hyde | Actually, Robert, I do not. I hear the opposite. I hear commendations, compliments, words of praise. Most of us are very well satisfied with George W. Bush and the job he is doing. |
John McCain | Yeah, but most of my life, I relive with enjoyment. And when you relive it, as you know, you learn from it. |
Julie Andrews | Pretty nice. Pretty nice. They were both two of the handsomest fellows and the most charming fellows, and I didn't know which way to look they were both so gorgeous. |
Karl Lagerfeld | Several things. First, don't forget Germany after the war was not the most exciting place. I didn't even know that one could make a living in fashion. |
Phil McGraw | Oh, but and every time I see it and every time I get close to it, I just say but for the grace of God go I. And it is the most horrible thing I think we ever encountered. |
Rush Limbaugh | Whoever tugs the most heartstrings wins. |
William Shatner | That's all it is. It's Dinner at Andre's. It's conversation on the most intimate subjects by two people who have known each other half their life. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | To be prepared for war is on e of the most effectual means of preserving peace. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Where that is competent it is always the most desirable. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | Economy is idealism in its most practical form. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | While the authority of the Federal Government extends to but part of our vast system of national, State, and local justice, yet the standards which the Federal Government establishes have the most profound influence upon the whole structure. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Over the past twenty years, since I first came to this Capital as a freshman Congressman, I have visited most of the nations of the world. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | It's the most hopeful possibility of the nuclear age. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Americans are the most generous people on Earth. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Cures for our most feared illnesses seem close at hand. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Sending Americans into battle is the most profound decision a President can make. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Most" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 55.66% of the time. "Most" is used about 98,654 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 55.66% | 54,908 | 159 |
| Determiner (general) | 44.34% | 43,746 | 188 |
| Total | 100.00% | 98,654 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "most" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Most | Last name | 400 | 22,781 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "most". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Abi-albon | N/A | Biblical | Most intelligent father |
| Adoniram | N/A | Biblical | My Lord is most high |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "most": amplifying MOST ♦ asymptotically most powerful test ♦ at most ♦ at the most ♦ at the very most ♦ depletion MOST ♦ do the most mistakes ♦ do the most you can ♦ empty vessels make most noise ♦ enhancement MOST ♦ for the most part ♦ i write myself your most obedient servant ♦ in most cases ♦ it is most curious ♦ locally asymptotically most powerful test ♦ locally asymptotically most stringent test ♦ make the most of ♦ make the most of it ♦ most active members of party organization ♦ most advantageous ♦ most amusing one ♦ most an end ♦ most appropriate challenge conditions ♦ MOST aspect ratio ♦ most beloved ♦ most decidedly ♦ most desirable ♦ most economical range ♦ most economical route selection ♦ most especially ♦ most evil ♦ most expensive ♦ most favored nation ♦ most favored nation status ♦ most favourite ♦ most fervent ♦ most frequently ♦ most general unifier ♦ most gracious ♦ most important ♦ most importantly ♦ most like ♦ most likely ♦ most likely time ♦ most men ♦ most merciful ♦ most narrowly ♦ most of ♦ most of all ♦ most of all because ♦ most of my friends ♦ most of the day ♦ most of the money ♦ most of the singers ♦ most of the time ♦ most of the winter ♦ most often ♦ most people ♦ most powerful test ♦ most probable number ♦ most probably ♦ most recently ♦ most reverend ♦ most Reverend Father in God ♦ most seldom ♦ most selective confidence intervals ♦ most Significant Bit ♦ most stringent test ♦ most succinctly ♦ most terrible ♦ most unattractive ♦ most undesirable ♦ most unfortunately ♦ most unpleasant ♦ most unsuitable ♦ most valuable player ♦ most wicked ♦ Neyman most selective unbiased confidence intervals ♦ Neyman most selective unbiassed confidence intervals ♦ parasitic MOST ♦ switching MOST ♦ the most ♦ the most active members ♦ The most feck ♦ the most high ♦ the most important person ♦ the most important thing ♦ the most of ♦ the most sensible thing to do ♦ the most sensitive spot ♦ two months at most ♦ uniformly most powerful test ♦ your most humble most obedient servant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "most": most-affected, most-capped, most-cited, most-common, most-commonly, most-deprived, most-easily, most-effectively, most-favored, most-favored-nation, Most-favored-nation clause, most-favored-nation treatment, most-favoured, most-favoured-nation, most-feared, most-hated, most-if, most-important, most-likely-to-be-concentrated-on, most-likely-to-succeed, most-loved, most-photographed, most-played, most-polite, most-popular, most-quoted, most-readily, most-recently, most-significant, most-talented, most-talked-about, most-two, most-up-to-date, most-used, most-valuable, most-wanted, most-watched, most-widely. | |
Ending with "most": left-most, northern-most, southern-most, top-most. | |
Containing "most": donegal's-most-famous-son, kowabunga-mutant-ninja-turtle-most-unfortunately-named-clothing-company-of-the-century, the-most-important-film-star-of-the-nineties. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
america most wanted | 2,234 | 50 beautiful most people | 115 |
most erotic teen | 897 | 10 fbis list most wanted | 110 |
most wanted | 784 | haunted most | 108 |
fbi most wanted | 591 | most popular web site | 108 |
annoying most site web | 545 | most popular | 106 |
challenge elimination extreme most | 490 | fbi ten most wanted | 105 |
malibus most wanted | 320 | fbi most wanted list | 103 |
annoying most page web | 279 | american most wanted | 101 |
beautiful man most | 264 | annoying most site web world | 99 |
breast most perfect world | 224 | fbi 10 most wanted | 94 |
most | 202 | iraq most wanted | 92 |
city expensive most | 201 | erotic most | 89 |
iraqi most wanted | 198 | b most | 88 |
most beautiful woman | 198 | annoying most site | 85 |
fbis most wanted | 182 | most beautiful girl | 84 |
downloaded most woman | 167 | 10 most wanted | 84 |
america kid most talented | 154 | fbis most terrorist wanted | 84 |
most popular baby name | 137 | phillys most wanted | 83 |
car expensive most | 136 | america most wanted.com | 82 |
the most dangerous game | 122 | most beautiful woman in the world | 82 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "most"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | meeste. (various references) | |
Albanian | më (in, me, more, on), tepër (beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dearly, excessively, extremely, frightfully, greatly, highly, overly, overmuch, overwhelmingly, parlous, passing, pathetically, precious, so, too, too much, unduly, very), shumë (amount, awful, awfully, badly, confoundedly, considerably, consumedly, damnably, dearly, deep, deuced, devilish, ever so, far, far and away, good few, greatly, heap, heartily, highly, jolly, largely, like mad, lot, lots of, lump, many, million, much, no end of, not a few, notedly, number, oodles, passing, passingly, Peck, poly-, precious, price, proceeds, quantum, quite, really, remarkably, scrip, so, sorely, sum, summation, thumping, too, tot, total, totality, umpteen, vastly, very, very much, widely), pothuaj (all but, almost, but, half and half, much, near, nearly, practically, pretty, quasi, scarcely, virtually, well nigh), i shumti. (various references) | |
Arabic | معظم الناس عادة, معظم (plurality), قصارى (utmost), تقريبا (about, all but, almost, near, nearly, quasi, roughly, somewhere, thereabouts, upward, upwards, well nigh), الجزء الأكبر, إلى حد بعيد (closely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly, exceedingly, mightily, more, so, that, very, well, widely), إلى أبعد حد (awfully, badly, exceedingly), أقصى (extreme, farthest, maximum, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost), أغلب. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съвсем (all, altogether, clean, clear, completely, directly, dooms, fairly, just, largely, plain, precious, quite, real, regularly, simply, sopping, spang, thoroughly, to the core, to the wide, totally, up, well, wholly, wide), в най-голяма степен, необикновено (extra, extremely, immensely, peculiarly, thundering, uncommonly, unusually), най-голям (all, outside, peak, supreme, top, utmost, uttermost, veriest), най-вече, най-много (at the outside), повечето хора (most people), извънредно (amain, exceedingly, extremely, immensely, mightily, mortally, notably, only too, over, overly, overtime, passing, remarkably, sorely, supremely, terrifically, ultra-, unco, unusually, utterly, vastly). (various references) | |
Chinese | 至 (arrive, to, until), 頂 (a measure word, go against, peak, to replace, to substitute, top), 最 (-est), 泰 (grand, peaceful, safe, Thai), 多数, 多數 (majority), 大半 (greater part, more than half), 大多 (for the most part, many, mostly, the greater part). (various references) | |
Czech | velmi (all, deeply, ever so, extremely, greatly, grossly, nearly, very), vìtšina (major the part, majority), vìtší èást, většina, obyèejnì (as usual, usually), nejvíc, nejvìtší poèet. (various references) | |
Danish | MOS-transistor (metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor, metal-oxide-silicon transistor, MOS transistor), MOS transistor (metal-oxide-semiconductor transistor, metal-oxide-silicon transistor, MOS transistor). (various references) | |
Dutch | meest, hoogst. (various references) | |
Esperanto | plej. (various references) | |
Faeroese | mest (above all, chiefly, especially, in particular, mainly). (various references) | |
Farsi | زیادترین , بیشترین (Maximum, Superlative, Utmost, Uttermost), بیش ازهمه . (various references) | |
Finnish | eniten. (various references) | |
Flemish | liefst (most preferably). (various references) | |
French | le plus. (various references) | |
German | meist (almost, more often than not, mostly, usually), höchst (awfully, bitterly, considerably, enormously, extreme, extremely, greatly, hegemonic, high, highest, highly, paramount, paramountly, punctiliously, superlatively, supreme, surprisingly, topmost, vitally), am meisten (best, most of all). (various references) | |
Greek | πλέον (more, over). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מרבית (greater part, majority), הכי (indeed, is it because of, the most, thus), ביותר (exceedingly, sorely, surpassingly, the most, too), רוב (abundance, majority, multitude, plenty, plethora). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nagyon (badly, bally, bloody, covetous, ever so much, exceedingly, greatly, have one's nerves on edge, heavily, highly, immensely, jolly, jolly well, like hell, like mad, mightily, much, much to be desired, passing, pretty, quite, real, right, severely, sorely, thundering, to be broke for sg, to be down with a cold, to be in a fine way about sg, to be rejoiced at sg, to be rejoiced by sg, to feel used up, to get to look very slack, to take pains to do sg, to think the world of sy, to want sg badly, too, very, very much, very much indeed, wondrous), legtöbb (utmost), leg ... bb, leg-. (various references) | |
Indonesian | terbanyak (majority, more, the greatest number), sedayaupaya, sebagian terbesar. (various references) | |
Irish | is (am, and, are, is, which is, which willbe). (various references) | |
Italian | estremamente (extremely, highly, mighty), più (above, and, any more, more, plus), maggior parte (many). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 最も (extremely). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たいぶ (a good deal, fairly, greater, much), なにより (best), もっとも (although, but then, extremely, natural, plausible, quite right), だいぶ (a good deal, a lot, considerably, fairly, greater, greatly, much). (various references) | |
Korean | 최대량. (various references) | |
Manx | yn chooid smoo (better part, brunt, maximum), smoo (biggest, furthest, greatest, largest, tallest, utmost), moo (about them, bigger, biggest, larger). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ostmay.(various references) | |
Polish | najwięcej, najbardziej (at most). (various references) | |
Portuguese | mais (else, encore, farther, further, furthermore, more, moreover, one more time, plus, preferably, rater, rather, some more, still, upstair, upward, upwards, yet). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | mais (more). (various references) | |
Romanian | foarte (awfully, ever so, exceedingly, greatly, highly, immortally, indeed, jolly, much, notably, plenty, quite, too, very, very much), extrem de (awfully, exceedingly, highly, indeed, inestimably, painfully, particularly, to a high degree, utterly), cu totul (all, all in all, downright, entirely, every bit, merely, out and out, outright, perfectly, plenty, quite, right, thoroughly, to the full, up to the nines, utterly, wholly), cele mai multe, cel mai mult (best, farthest), cel mai, cei mai mulţi, cea mai multã, cât se poate de (plenty). (various references) | |
Russian | главным образом (chiefly, especially, for the most part, in the main, mainly, mostly, principally), весьма (highly, hugely, notably), очень (anxiously, awful, awfully, badly, damnably, dooms, enormously, ever so, exceedingly, extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, immensely, jolly, miserably, much, overwhelmingly, particularly, passing, pretty much, quite, real, screamingly, so, thumping, to a degree, too, vastly, very, very much, very much indeed, well), наибольший, наиболее (most [d]~, the most), больше всего (best, most of all). (various references) | |
Scottish | h- (is used for the most part to obviate hiatus between). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrlo (badly, extremely, intensely, jolly, passing, right, strongly, true, uncommonly, very, whopping, wide), veoma (badly, downright, greatly, highly, mighty, passing, plumb, real, right, terribly, vastly, very), većina (majority, plurality), najviše (chiefly, most: at the most, uppermost), naj-. (various references) | |
Slovene | najlepša (most wonderful). (various references) | |
Somali | u (to, towards). (various references) | |
Spanish | más (another, best, bigger, else, furthermore, longer, more, other, plus), extremamente (extremely). (various references) | |
Swedish | mest (mostly), flesta. (various references) | |
Thai | ส่วนใหญ่ (major, majority), ที่สุด, มากที่สุด, จำนวนมากที่สุด. (various references) | |
Turkish | pek çok (a great many, a whale of a lot, immensely, mighty, numberless, oodles, oodles of, out and away, overmuch, plenty, plenty of, very much), en fazlası, en fazla miktar (outside), en fazla (at best, at most, at the furthest, at the outside, at the utmost, at the very most, furthest, maximal, maximum, utmost, uttermost), en çok (at most, best, chiefly, furthest, veriest), en (all-time, best, breadth, diameter, est, the very, very, width), çoğu (mainly, most of, the best part of). (various references) | |
Turkmen | iс. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | найбільше (at most, best, utmost, uttermost, worst), найбільша кількість, найбільший (all, arch-, best), надто (extreme, extremely, overly, overmuch, super, too), надзвичайно (almighty, amain, anxiously, as anything, awfully, deadly, densely, dreadfully, eminently, enormously, exceedingly, extremely, grossly, highly, hugely, in great measure, in the extreme, jolly, mighty, passing, regular, remarkably, ripping, sevenfold, severely, to the utmost, very much, woundily), більш за все. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vô cùng (ad infinitum, almighty, consumedly, day, deeply, dreadfully, extremely, frightfuly, half, halves, parlous, passing, plaguy, precious, preciously, rank, termless, thundering, utmost, uttermost), phần nhiều (much), phần lớn (majority), nhất, không hơn được nữa tận dụng, hầu hết (mostly, quite), hơn cả lắm, cực kỳ (beastly, damned, deadly, dogged, frightfuly, mortally, parlous, ripping, thundering, whacking), cái chiến nhất tối đa, đa số (generality). (various references) | |
Welsh | mwyaf (biggest), odiaeth (excellent, exquisite, extremely, very). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | pleistos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | maxime, maximeque, multo, multoque, multum, multumque, plurima, plurimae, plurimam, plurimarum, plurimas, plurimi, plurimis, plurimo, plurimorum, plurimos, plurimum, plurimus, plus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | fraêshtem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai apokriqeiV o aggeloV eipen auth pneuma agion epeleusetai epi se kai dunamiV uyistou episkiasei soi dio kai to gennwmenon agion klhqhsetai uioV qeou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et respondens angelus dixit ei Spiritus Sanctus superveniet in te et virtus Altissimi obumbrabit tibi ideoque et quod nascetur sanctum vocabitur Filius Dei |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa andswarode hyre se engel; Se halga gast on þe becymþ and þæs heahstan miht þe ofersceadað: and forðam þæt halige ðe of þe acenned byð byþ godes sunu genemned |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the aungel answeride, and seide to hir, The Hooly Goost schal come fro aboue in to thee, and the vertu of the Hiyeste schal ouerschadewe thee; and therfor that hooli thing that schal be borun of thee, schal be clepid the sone of God. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And ye angell answered and sayd vnto her: The holy goost shall come apon the and ye power of ye hyest shall over shaddowe ye. Therfore also yt holy thinge which shalbe borne shalbe called ye sonne of god. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 1, Verse 35 |
| Cebuano | Ang manolunda mitubag kaniya, Pagakunsaran ikaw sa Espiritu Santo, ug pagalandungan ikaw sa gahum sa labing Halangdon; tungod niini, ang bata nga matawo paganganlan nga balaan, ang Anak sa Dios. |
| Croatian | Anðeo joj odgovori: "Duh Sveti siæi æe na te i sila æe te Svevišnjega osjeniti. Zato æe to èedo i biti sveto, Sin Božji. |
| Danish | Og Engelen svarede og sagde til hende: Den Helligånd skal komme over dig, og den Højestes Kraft skal overskygge dig; derfor skal også det hellige, som fødes,. kaldes Guds Søn. |
| Dutch | En de engel, antwoordende, zeide tot haar: De Heilige Geest zal over u komen, en de kracht des Allerhoogsten zal u overschaduwen; daarom ook, dat Heilige, Dat uit u geboren zal worden, zal Gods Zoon genaamd worden. |
| Finnish | Enkeli vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Pyhä Henki tulee sinun päällesi, ja Korkeimman voima varjoaa sinut; sentähden myös se pyhä, mikä syntyy, pitää kutsuttaman Jumalan Pojaksi. |
| French | L`ange lui répondit: Le Saint Esprit viendra sur toi, et la puissance du Très Haut te couvrira de son ombre. C`est pourquoi le saint enfant qui naîtra de toi sera appelé Fils de Dieu. |
| German | Der Engel antwortete und sprach zu ihr: Der heilige Geist wird über dich kommen, und die Kraft des Höchsten wird dich überschatten; darum wird auch das Heilige, das von dir geboren wird, Gottes Sohn genannt werden. |
| Haitian Creole | Zanj lan reponn li: Sentespri a pral vin sou ou; pouvwa Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la pral kouvri ou tankou yon lonbraj. Se pou sa tou, tipitit ki pral fèt la pral viv apa pou Bondye, y'a rele l' Pitit Bondye. |
| Hungarian | És felelvén az angyal, monda néki: A Szent Lélek száll te reád, és a Magasságosnak ereje árnyékoz meg téged; azért a mi születik is szentnek hivatik, Isten Fiának. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Malaikat itu menjawab, "Roh Allah akan datang kepadamu, dan kuasa Allah akan meliputi engkau. Itulah sebabnya anak yang akan lahir itu akan disebut Kudus, Anak Allah. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka jawab malaekat itu serta berkata kepadanya, "Bahwa Rohulkudus akan turun atasmu, dan kuasa Allah Yang Mahatinggi akan menaungi engkau. Sebab itu juga Yang Kudus yang akan diperanakkan itu, kelak dikatakan Anak Allah. |
| Italian | Le rispose l'angelo: «Lo Spirito Santo scenderà su di te, su te stenderà la sua ombra la potenza dell'Altissimo. Colui che nascerà sarà dunque santo e chiamato Figlio di Dio. |
| Manx Gaelic | As dreggyr yn ainle as dooyrt eh r'ee, Hig yn Spyrryd Noo neose ort, as bee pooar yn Er-syrjey er ny skeayley harryd: shen-y-fa bee yn sluight chasherick shen ver oo son y theihll, enmyssit Mac Yee. |
| Maori | Na ka whakahoki te anahera, ka mea ki a ia, Ka tae te Wairua Tapu ki runga ki a koe, ka taumarumaru iho te kaha o te Runga Rawa ki runga ki a koe: no reira hoki ka kiia te mea e whanau mai he tapu, ko te Tama a te Atua. |
| Norwegian | Og engelen svarte henne: Den Hellige Ånd skal komme over dig, og den Høiestes kraft skal overskygge dig; derfor skal også det hellige som fødes, kalles Guds Sønn. |
| Portuguese | Respondeu-lhe o anjo: Virá sobre ti o Espírito Santo, e o poder do Altíssimo te cobrirá com a sua sombra; por isso o que há de nascer será chamado santo, Filho de Deus. |
| Rumanian | Kngerul i -a rqspuns: ,,Duhul Sfknt Se va pogork peste tine, wi puterea Celui Prea Knalt te va umbri. De aceea Sfkntul care Se va nawte din tine, va fi chemat Fiul lui Dumnezeu. |
| Shuar | Tutai nayaimpinmaya suntar Marín Tímiayi "Yusa Wakaní tarutramtatui. Tura yuranmia Núnisan Uunt Yusa kakarmari ijirmattawai. Nu tuma asamtai Uchi akiiniattana nu Yúsaiya asamtai, "Yusa Uchirínti" tiartatui, Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Malaika akamjibu, "Roho Mtakatifu atakushukia, na uwezo wake Mungu Mkuu utakujia kama kivuli; kwa sababu hiyo, mtoto atakayezaliwa ataitwa Mtakatifu, Mwana wa Mungu. |
| Swedish | Ängeln svarade och sade till henne: "Helig ande skall komma över dig, och kraft från den Högste skall överskygga dig; därför skall ock det heliga som varder fött kallas Guds Son. |
| Uma | Na'uli' mala'eka: "Inoha' Tomoroli' mpai' mana'u hi iko, pai' kabaraka' Alata'ala to hi suruga ngkamoui-ko. Toe pai' ana' to putu toe mpai' rahanga' moroli', Ana' Alata'ala. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "most": moste, mostest, mostests, mostly, mosts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "most": aftermost, aftmost, almost, backmost, bottommost, easternmost, endmost, farthermost, foremost, furthermost, headforemost, headmost, hindmost, hithermost, inmost, innermost, leftmost, lowermost, midmost, nethermost, northeasternmost, northernmost, northwesternmost, outermost, outmost, rearmost, rightmost, southeasternmost, southernmost, southwesternmost, sternforemost, sternmost, topmost, undermost, upmost, uppermost, utmost, uttermost, westernmost, westmost. (additional references) | |
Words containing "most": hemostases, hemostasis, hemostat, hemostatic, hemostatics, hemostats, innermosts, midmosts, thermostabilities, thermostability, thermostable, thermostat, thermostated, thermostatic, thermostatically, thermostating, thermostats, thermostatted, thermostatting, utmosts, uttermosts. (additional references) | |
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"Most" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cmost, Imsoft, kost, masat, Mboso, mesht, mest, mesta, mesto, mhot, mocz, moes, moet, moft, moit, mooset, moosh, moost, Mosa, mosat, moset, mosh, mosht, mosi, mosotho, mosta, mosti, mostow, mosts, mosty, mots, moust, mout, movt, mowt, moz, Mozote, mozrt, mozy, mozz, mros, msd, Mso, mtos, muast, murst, Mushtq, musnt, musta, musth, mustt, muts, myst, Ntso, oms, omsy, ostt, ozt. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "most" (pronounced mō"st or mō"s) |
| 3 | -ō" s t | boast, coast, diagnosed, engrossed, ghost, grossed, host, misdiagnosed, post, riposte, roast, toast. |
| 2 | -ō" s | Adios, arkose, bowse, close, diagnose, dose, engross, grandiose, gross, Grosz, misdiagnose, morose. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mots, toms. | |
| Words within the letters "m-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: mos, mot, oms, som, sot, tom. | |
-2 letters: mo, om, os, so, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: atoms, moats, moist, molts, moots, morts, moste, mosts, motes, moths, motts, omits, smolt, smote, stoma, stomp, storm, tombs, tomes. | |
+2 letters: almost, comets, compts, comtes, custom, emotes, gemots, impost, inmost, jetsom, magots, mascot, matzos, metros, modest, molest, mongst, monist, montes, months, mostly, motels, motets, motifs, motors, mottes, mottos, moults, mounts, mouths, mutons, mysost, mythos, ostium, ostomy, sitcom, smalto, smolts, smooth, somata, somite, stomal, stomas, stomps, storms, stormy, stroma, tempos, tomans, totems, tromps, tumors, upmost, utmost, vomits. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Abbreviations 24. Acronyms | 25. Derivations 26. Rhymes 27. Anagrams 28. Bibliography |
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