most
determiner, pronoun OPAL W
/məʊst/
/məʊst/
used as the superlative of ‘much’, ‘a lot of’, ‘many’Idioms - the largest in number or amount
- Who do you think will get (the) most votes?
- She had the most money of all of them.
- I spent most time on the first question.
- Who ate the most?
- The director has the most to lose.
- more than half of somebody/something; almost all of somebody/something
- I like most vegetables.
- Most classical music sends me to sleep.
- As most of you know, I've decided to resign.
- Most of the people I had invited turned up.
- There are thousands of verbs in English and most (of them) are regular.
Word OriginOld English māst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meest and German meist.
Idioms
at (the) most
- not more than
- As a news item it merits a short paragraph at most.
- There were 50 people there, at the very most.
for the most part
- mostly; usually
- The contributors are, for the most part, professional scientists.
make the most of something/somebody/yourself
- to gain as much advantage, pleasure, etc. as you can from somebody/something
- It's my first trip abroad so I'm going to make the most of it.
- She doesn't know how to make the most of herself (= make herself appear in the best possible way).