Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The greatest amount.

    The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.

  2. (countable, uncountable, usually)The greater part.

    Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.

    Most of the rice was spoiled.

  3. (countable, usually)A record-setting amount.

Examples

7018 sentences
  1. English is taught in most countries.

    Англійську мову вчать у більшості країн.

    ruАнглийский язык учат в большинстве стран.

    deEnglisch wird in den meisten Ländern gelehrt.

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  2. He will pay 20 dollars at most.

    Він заплатить щонайбільше 20 доларів.

    ruОн заплатит не больше 20 долларов.

    deEr wird höchstens 20 Dollar zahlen.

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  3. He fired most of his men.

    Він звільнив білшість своїх людей.

    deEr feuerte die meisten seiner Männer.

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  4. She is at most 18 years old.

    Їй максимум вісімнадцять.

    ruЕй самое большее восемнадцать.

    deSie ist höchstens achtzehn Jahre alt.

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  5. It's harder than most people think.

    Це складніше, ніж більшість вважає.

    ruЭто труднее, чем думает большинство людей.

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Origin

From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz

From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz, *maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).

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Forms

plural: mosts
Singularmost
Pluralmosts

regular

Collocations

12 patterns
  • most people
  • the most beautiful
  • most of the
  • is the most
  • spent most of
  • most beautiful
  • most of his
  • of the most
  • most beautiful woman
  • the most popular
  • most of my
  • spent most

See also

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