bestadjective
uk/best/us/best/A1 of the highest quality, or being the most suitable, pleasing, or effective type of thing or person:
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- This type of nursery care may well be the best choice for your child.
- Some of the best wines come from France.
- He won the award for best actor, and deservedly so .
- Everyone has their own ideas about the best way to bring up children.
- That's the best piece of news I've heard for a long time!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Good, better and best
- at the best of times idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- better
- better off
- break
- go-to
- gold standard
- good
- heteronormative
- last word
- mile
- miles idiom
- so much the better idiom
- topper
- unsurpassed
- up
- uplift
- well
Idiom(s)
bestadverb
uk/best/us/best/B1 in the most suitable, pleasing, or satisfactory way, or to the greatest degree:
to the greatest degree when used as the superlative of adjectives beginning with "good" or "well":
as well as you can:
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- For reasons best known to himself he's decided to leave his job.
- "The table that I liked best was about so wide," she said, holding her arms out a metre and a half.
- We could go now or this afternoon - whatever time suits you best.
- I'll have to do some thinking about how best to arrange the books.
- Under what conditions do plants grow best?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Good, better and best
- at the best of times idiom
- be the last word in sth idiom
- better
- better off
- break
- go-to
- gold standard
- good
- heteronormative
- last word
- mile
- miles idiom
- so much the better idiom
- topper
- unsurpassed
- up
- uplift
- well
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Idiom(s)
bestnoun [ S ]
uk/best/us/best/B1 the most excellent in a group of things or people:
used at the end of a friendly message or letter before writing your name:
used to say goodbye, or to end a letter to someone you know well, or to send good wishes to someone:
C2 even when considered in the most positive way:
B1 at the highest standard that can be achieved:
to be as active or intelligent as you can be:
B2 this is the most pleasing thing:
used to wish someone success before a test, etc. or a difficult activity:
In a sport such as tennis, if you play the best of a particular number of games, you play that number of games and the winner is the player who wins the greatest number of those games:
B1 to make the greatest effort possible:
If you have had the best of something, you have enjoyed the most pleasant part of it, and everything that is left is worse:
as well as you can:
B2 from what I know and understand from the information that I have:
C2 If an action is for the best, it is done to improve a situation or produce a good result, although it might seem unpleasant at the time:
B2 to make an unsatisfactory situation as pleasant as possible:
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- He's one of our best salesmen - in fact I'd say he's the best.
- Her latest film, by common consent, is her best yet.
- The judges will select the best from this year's crop of first novels.
- It's only human nature to want the best for your children.
- Our hotel is the best in town.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Good and excellent things
- badass
- be the best thing since sliced bread idiom
- beaut
- beauty
- belter
- blinder
- flagship
- gem
- jewel
- jim-dandy
- king
- lulu
- marvel
- paragon
- peach
- the crème de la crème
- the flower of sth idiom
- the jewel in the crown idiom
- the pick of sth idiom
- the real deal
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Idiom(s)
bestverb [ T ]
uk/best/us/best/formalto defeat someone in a fight or competition:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Winning and defeating
- annihilate
- bank
- be one in the eye for sb idiom
- beat sb at their own game idiom
- beat sb hollow idiom
- convincing
- outmanoeuvre
- outpace
- outperform
- outscore
- overpower
- pip
- sew
- sweep
- trouncing
- trump
- unassailable
- unbeaten
- undefeated
- wipe
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