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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Adjective" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Antonyms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Antonyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.2</span> <span>Antonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Antonyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.3</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.4</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Translations_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.1</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.2.2</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.3.2</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Verb" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Conjugation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conjugation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4.1</span> <span>Conjugation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conjugation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Antonyms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Antonyms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4.2</span> <span>Antonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Antonyms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4.3</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.4.4</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.5</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.6</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Verb_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3.1.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dutch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dutch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Dutch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dutch-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Dutch subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Dutch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Adjective_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Synonyms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Synonyms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.2</span> <span>Synonyms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Synonyms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Descendants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.1.3</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_Dutch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_Dutch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Middle Dutch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Middle_Dutch-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Middle Dutch subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Middle_Dutch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4.1</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_English" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_English"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Middle English</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Middle_English-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Middle English subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Middle_English-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Adjective_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Frisian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Frisian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>North Frisian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-North_Frisian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle North Frisian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-North_Frisian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Verb_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Norwegian_Bokmål" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Norwegian_Bokmål"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Norwegian Bokmål</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Norwegian_Bokmål-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Norwegian Bokmål subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Norwegian_Bokmål-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Norwegian_Nynorsk" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Norwegian_Nynorsk"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Norwegian Nynorsk</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Norwegian_Nynorsk-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Norwegian Nynorsk subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Norwegian_Nynorsk-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Old_Saxon" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Old_Saxon"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Old Saxon</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Old_Saxon-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Old Saxon subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Old_Saxon-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adverb_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adverb_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Adverb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adverb_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Descendants_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Descendants_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3.1</span> <span>Descendants</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Descendants_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Plautdietsch" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Plautdietsch"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Plautdietsch</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Plautdietsch-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Plautdietsch subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Plautdietsch-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Verb_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Verb_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Verb</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Verb_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portuguese" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portuguese"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Portuguese</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Portuguese-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Portuguese subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Portuguese-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scots" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scots"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Scots</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Scots-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Scots subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Scots-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Swedish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Swedish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Swedish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Swedish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Swedish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Swedish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.3.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.4</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div 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Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lo.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Lao" lang="lo" hreflang="lo" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="ລາວ" data-language-local-name="Lao" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ລາວ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mnw mw-list-item"><a href="https://mnw.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Mon" lang="mnw" hreflang="mnw" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="ဘာသာမန်" data-language-local-name="Mon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ဘာသာမန်</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fj mw-list-item"><a href="https://fj.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Fijian" lang="fj" hreflang="fj" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Na Vosa Vakaviti" data-language-local-name="Fijian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Na Vosa Vakaviti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="best" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="best" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="တႆး" data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>တႆး</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="best" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://yue.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" title="best – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" 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pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛst/</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="en-us-best.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-best.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3a/En-us-best.ogg/En-us-best.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-us-best.ogg" title="File:en-us-best.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_English_phonology" class="extiw" title="w:Australian English phonology">General Australian</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="en-au-best.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-au-best.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b5/En-au-best.ogg/En-au-best.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:en-au-best.ogg" title="File:en-au-best.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%9Bst" title="Rhymes:English/ɛst"><span class="IPA">-ɛst</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/beste#Middle_English" title="beste">beste</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_English">best</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/betst#Old_English" title="betst">betst</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/betest#Old_English" title="betest">betest</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz">*batistaz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">best</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/better#English" title="better">better</a></b> <i>or</i> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">nonstandard, humorous</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bester#English" title="bester">bester</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">nonstandard, humorous</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestest#English" title="bestest">bestest</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/good#English" title="good">good</a></i></span></span>: most <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/good#English" title="good">good</a></span>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I can either be your <b>best</b> friend or your worst enemy.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#c." title="Appendix:Glossary"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr></a></i> <span class="None" lang="und"><b>1596–1598</b></span> (date written), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare" class="extiw" title="w:William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" class="extiw" title="w:The Merchant of Venice">The Merchant of Venice</a>”, in <cite>Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Published According to the True Originall Copies.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Folio" class="extiw" title="w:First Folio">First Folio</a>), London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jaggard" class="extiw" title="w:William Jaggard">Isaac Iaggard</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Blount" class="extiw" title="w:Edward Blount">Ed<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ward<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Blount</a>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1623</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/606515358">→OCLC</a></small>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Act I, scene ii<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mrvvilliamshakes00shak/page/n186/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">163</span></a>, column 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en"><span class="q-hellip-sp"></span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> when he is <b>beſt</b>, he is a little worſe then a man, and when he is worſt, he is little better than a beaſt:</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1667</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton" class="extiw" title="w:John Milton">John Milton</a>, “Book V”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost" class="extiw" title="w:Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="A Poem Written in Ten Books">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Simmons" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Simmons">Samuel Simmons</a>], and are to be sold by Peter Parker<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="under Creed Church neer Aldgate">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>a<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>nd by Robert Boulter<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>a<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>nd Matthias Walker,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/228722708">→OCLC</a></small>; republished as <cite>Paradise Lost in Ten Books:<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: With an Appendix Containing the Additions Made in Later Issues and a Monograph on the Original Publication of the Poem">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: Basil Montagu Pickering<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="196 Piccadilly">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <span class="None" lang="und">1873</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/230729554">→OCLC</a></small>, line <span class="None" lang="und">19</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Heav'ns laſt <b>beſt</b> gift, my ever new delight,</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2011</b> October 7, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lana_Del_Rey" class="extiw" title="w:Lana Del Rey">Lana Del Rey</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Parker" class="extiw" title="w:Justin Parker">Justin Parker</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Games_(song)" class="extiw" title="w:Video Games (song)">Video Games</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Die" class="extiw" title="w:Born to Die">Born to Die</a></cite>, performed by Lana Del Rey:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Swinging in the backyard <br /> Pull up in your fast car whistling my name <br /> Open up a beer <br /> And you say get over here and play a video game <br /> <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> <br /> I say you the <b>bestest</b> <br /> Lean in for a big kiss, put his favorite perfume on <br /> Go play your video game</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2013</b> August 10, Schumpeter, “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/news/business/21583242-businesspeople-have-become-too-influential-government-cronies-and-capitols">Cronies and capitols</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist" class="extiw" title="w:The Economist">The Economist</a></cite>, volume <span class="None" lang="und">408</span>, number <span class="None" lang="und">8848</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>Governments have to find the <b>best</b> people to fill important jobs: there is a limited supply of people who understand the financial system, for example. But governments must also remember that businesses are self-interested actors who will try to rig the system for their own benefit.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/most" title="most">Most</a>; <a href="/wiki/largest" title="largest">largest</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Unpacking took the <b>best</b> part of a week.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li>Most <a href="/wiki/superior" title="superior">superior</a>; most <a href="/wiki/favorable" title="favorable">favorable</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">In my opinion, mushrooms are the <b>best</b> pizza toppings.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/comparative_degree" title="comparative degree">comparative</a> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/gooder#English" title="gooder">gooder</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/superlative_degree" title="superlative degree">superlative</a> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/goodest#English" title="goodest">goodest</a></i> derived from the <a href="/wiki/positive_degree" title="positive degree">positive</a> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/good#English" title="good">good</a></i> are nonstandard. In informal (often jocular) contexts, <i>best</i> may be inflected further and given the comparative <i><a href="/wiki/bester" title="bester">bester</a></i> and the superlative <i><a href="/wiki/bestest" title="bestest">bestest</a></i>; these forms are also nonstandard.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/worst#English" title="worst">worst</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/baddest#English" title="baddest">baddest</a></span> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">nonstandard</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="5"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/accidents_will_happen_in_the_best_regulated_families#English" title="accidents will happen in the best regulated families">accidents will happen in the best regulated families</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/alderbest#English" title="alderbest">alderbest</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/as_best_as_one_can#English" title="as best as one can">as best as one can</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/at_one%27s_best#English" title="at one's best">at one's best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/attack_is_the_best_form_of_defence#English" title="attack is the best form of defence">attack is the best form of defence</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/attack_is_the_best_form_of_defense#English" title="attack is the best form of defense">attack is the best form of defense</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/at_the_best#English" title="at the best">at the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/at_the_best_of_times#English" title="at the best of times">at the best of times</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_and_fairest#English" title="best and fairest">best and fairest</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_ball#English" title="best ball">best ball</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-before_date#English" title="best-before date">best-before date</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_before_date#English" title="best before date">best before date</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_bet#English" title="best bet">best bet</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_bib_and_tucker#English" title="best bib and tucker">best bib and tucker</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_bitter#English" title="best bitter">best bitter</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_bower#English" title="best bower">best bower</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_boy#English" title="best boy">best boy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-by_date#English" title="best-by date">best-by date</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-case#English" title="best-case">best-case</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-case_scenario#English" title="best-case scenario">best-case scenario</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_case_scenario#English" title="best case scenario">best case scenario</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_efforts#English" title="best efforts">best efforts</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bester#English" title="bester">bester</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestest#English" title="bestest">bestest</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_evidence_rule#English" title="best evidence rule">best evidence rule</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_form_lens#English" title="best form lens">best form lens</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_friend#English" title="best friend">best friend</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_friend_forever#English" title="best friend forever">best friend forever</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_gal#English" title="best gal">best gal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_girl#English" title="best girl">best girl</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_in_class#English" title="best in class">best in class</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-kept_secret#English" title="best-kept secret">best-kept secret</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Best_Korea#English" title="Best Korea">Best Korea</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_laid_plans#English" title="best laid plans">best laid plans</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_maid#English" title="best maid">best maid</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_man#English" title="best man">best man</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestness#English" title="bestness">bestness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of#English" title="best of">best of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-of#English" title="best-of">best-of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_both_worlds#English" title="best of both worlds">best of both worlds</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_breed#English" title="best of breed">best of breed</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_British#English" title="best of British">best of British</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_British_luck#English" title="best of British luck">best of British luck</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_off#English" title="best off">best off</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_luck#English" title="best of luck">best of luck</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_the_bunch#English" title="best of the bunch">best of the bunch</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_on_ground#English" title="best on ground">best on ground</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-paid#English" title="best-paid">best-paid</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_parlour#English" title="best parlour">best parlour</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_part_of#English" title="best part of">best part of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_pleased#English" title="best pleased">best pleased</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_practice#English" title="best practice">best practice</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_regards#English" title="best regards">best regards</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-seller#English" title="best-seller">best-seller</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestseller#English" title="bestseller">bestseller</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best-selling#English" title="best-selling">best-selling</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestshoring#English" title="bestshoring">bestshoring</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_thing_since_sliced_bread#English" title="best thing since sliced bread">best thing since sliced bread</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_thing_since_sliced_pan#English" title="best thing since sliced pan">best thing since sliced pan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_wishes#English" title="best wishes">best wishes</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/come_off_second_best#English" title="come off second best">come off second best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/%27d_best#English" title="'d best">'d best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/diamonds_are_a_girl%27s_best_friend#English" title="diamonds are a girl's best friend">diamonds are a girl's best friend</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/do_one%27s_best#English" title="do one's best">do one's best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/experience_is_the_best_teacher#English" title="experience is the best teacher">experience is the best teacher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/failure_is_the_best_teacher#English" title="failure is the best teacher">failure is the best teacher</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/first_best#English" title="first best">first best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/for_best#English" title="for best">for best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/for_the_best#English" title="for the best">for the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/give_it_one%27s_best_shot#English" title="give it one's best shot">give it one's best shot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/give_one%27s_best#English" title="give one's best">give one's best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/have_the_best_of_it#English" title="have the best of it">have the best of it</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/he_laughs_best_that_laughs_last#English" title="he laughs best that laughs last">he laughs best that laughs last</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/he_who_laughs_last_laughs_best#English" title="he who laughs last laughs best">he who laughs last laughs best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/honesty_is_the_best_policy#English" title="honesty is the best policy">honesty is the best policy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hunger_is_the_best_pickle#English" title="hunger is the best pickle">hunger is the best pickle</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hunger_is_the_best_sauce#English" title="hunger is the best sauce">hunger is the best sauce</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hunger_is_the_best_seasoning#English" title="hunger is the best seasoning">hunger is the best seasoning</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hunger_is_the_best_spice#English" title="hunger is the best spice">hunger is the best spice</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/inference_to_the_best_explanation#English" title="inference to the best explanation">inference to the best explanation</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/it_happens_to_the_best_of_us#English" title="it happens to the best of us">it happens to the best of us</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/laughter_is_the_best_medicine#English" title="laughter is the best medicine">laughter is the best medicine</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/level_best#English" title="level best">level best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/line_of_best_fit#English" title="line of best fit">line of best fit</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/live_one%27s_best_life#English" title="live one's best life">live one's best life</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/look_one%27s_best#English" title="look one's best">look one's best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/make_the_best_of_a_bad_bargain#English" title="make the best of a bad bargain">make the best of a bad bargain</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/make_the_best_of_a_bad_job#English" title="make the best of a bad job">make the best of a bad job</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/make_the_best_of_one%27s_way#English" title="make the best of one's way">make the best of one's way</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/man%27s_best_friend#English" title="man's best friend">man's best friend</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/outbest#English" title="outbest">outbest</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personal_best#English" title="personal best">personal best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/put_one%27s_best_foot_foremost#English" title="put one's best foot foremost">put one's best foot foremost</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/put_one%27s_best_foot_forward#English" title="put one's best foot forward">put one's best foot forward</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/revenge_is_a_dish_best_served_cold#English" title="revenge is a dish best served cold">revenge is a dish best served cold</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/save_the_best_for_last#English" title="save the best for last">save the best for last</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/second_best#English" title="second best">second best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/six_of_the_best#English" title="six of the best">six of the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sum_of_best#English" title="sum of best">sum of best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Sunday_best#English" title="Sunday best">Sunday best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Sunday-best#English" title="Sunday-best">Sunday-best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/sunlight_is_the_best_disinfectant#English" title="sunlight is the best disinfectant">sunlight is the best disinfectant</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/take_one%27s_best_shot#English" title="take one's best shot">take one's best shot</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_defence_is_attack#English" title="the best defence is attack">the best defence is attack</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_defense_is_a_good_offense#English" title="the best defense is a good offense">the best defense is a good offense</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_is_the_enemy_of_the_good#English" title="the best is the enemy of the good">the best is the enemy of the good</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_laid_plans_of_mice_and_men_go_oft_astray#English" title="the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray">the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_laid_plans_of_mice_and_men_often_go_awry#English" title="the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry">the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_things_in_life_are_free#English" title="the best things in life are free">the best things in life are free</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/the_best_things_in_life_aren%27t_things#English" title="the best things in life aren't things">the best things in life aren't things</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/third_best#English" title="third best">third best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/to_the_best_of_one%27s_knowledge#English" title="to the best of one's knowledge">to the best of one's knowledge</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/wife%27s_best_friend#English" title="wife's best friend">wife's best friend</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/with_the_best#English" title="with the best">with the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/with_the_best_of_them#English" title="with the best of them">with the best of them</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/with_the_best_will_in_the_world#English" title="with the best will in the world">with the best will in the world</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=work_best_under_pressure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="work best under pressure (page does not exist)">work best under pressure</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-superlative_of_the_adjective_good"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">superlative of the adjective <i>good</i></div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="superlative of the adjective ''good''"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%84#Arabic" title="أفضل">أَفْضَل</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">ʔafḍal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/nejlep%C5%A1%C3%AD#Czech" title="nejlepší">nejlepší</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/nejlep%C5%A1%C3%AD" class="extiw" title="cs:nejlepší">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/meilleur#French" title="meilleur">meilleur</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/meilleur" class="extiw" title="fr:meilleur">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/meilleure#French" title="meilleure">meilleure</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/meilleure" class="extiw" title="fr:meilleure">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Beste#German" title="Beste">Beste</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beste" class="extiw" title="de:Beste">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="καλύτερος">καλύτερος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:καλύτερος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">kalýteros</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span> <dl><dd>Ancient Greek: <span class="Polyt" lang="grc"><a href="/wiki/%E1%BC%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82#Ancient_Greek" title="ἄριστος">ἄριστος</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="grc-Latn" class="tr Latn">áristos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Hebrew: <span class="Hebr" lang="he"><a href="/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%98%D7%91#Hebrew" title="מיטב">מֵיטָב</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://he.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%98%D7%91" class="extiw" title="he:מיטב">(he)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="he-Latn" class="tr Latn">meytáv</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hindi: <span class="Deva" lang="hi"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0#Hindi" title="श्रेष्ठ">श्रेष्ठ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hi.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0" class="extiw" title="hi:श्रेष्ठ">(hi)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="hi-Latn" class="tr Latn">śreṣṭh</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/legjobb#Hungarian" title="legjobb">legjobb</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/legjobb" class="extiw" title="hu:legjobb">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Icelandic">best</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/migliore#Italian" title="migliore">migliore</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/migliore" class="extiw" title="it:migliore">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E7%95%AA#Japanese" title="一番">一番</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E7%95%AA" class="extiw" title="ja:一番">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">ichiban</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EC%84%A0#Korean" title="최선">최선</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EC%B5%9C%EC%84%A0" class="extiw" title="ko:최선">(ko)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">choeseon</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/wiki/ba%C5%9Ftir%C3%AEn#Northern_Kurdish" title="baştirîn">baştirîn</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/ba%C5%9Ftir%C3%AEn" class="extiw" title="ku:baştirîn">(ku)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/optimus#Latin" title="optimus">optimus</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/optimus" class="extiw" title="la:optimus">(la)</a></span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/terbaik#Malay" title="terbaik">terbaik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ms.wiktionary.org/wiki/terbaik" class="extiw" title="ms:terbaik">(ms)</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pai_rawa_atu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pai rawa atu (page does not exist)">pai rawa atu</a></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="خوبترین (page does not exist)">خوبترین</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:خوبترین">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">xubtarin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86#Persian" title="بهترین">بهترین</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" class="extiw" title="fa:بهترین">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">behtarin</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/najlepszy#Polish" title="najlepszy">najlepszy</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/najlepszy" class="extiw" title="pl:najlepszy">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/melhor#Portuguese" title="melhor">melhor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/melhor" class="extiw" title="pt:melhor">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="лучший">лу́чший</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:лучший">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">lúčšij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="наилучший">наилу́чший</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:наилучший">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">nailúčšij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Samoan: <span class="Latn" lang="sm"><a href="/wiki/sili#Samoan" title="sili">sili</a></span></li> <li>Sanskrit: <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0#Sanskrit" title="श्रेष्ठ">श्रेष्ठ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0" class="extiw" title="sa:श्रेष्ठ">(sa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">śreṣṭha</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Deva" lang="sa"><a href="/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0#Sanskrit" title="वसिष्ठ">वसिष्ठ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0" class="extiw" title="sa:वसिष्ठ">(sa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="sa-Latn" class="tr Latn">vasiṣṭha</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mejor#Spanish" title="mejor">mejor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mejor" class="extiw" title="es:mejor">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Tamil: <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4#Tamil" title="சிறந்த">சிறந்த</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">ciṟanta</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Taml" lang="ta"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="மிகச்சிறந்த (page does not exist)">மிகச்சிறந்த</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ta-Latn" class="tr Latn">mikacciṟanta</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Thai: <span class="Thai" lang="th"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ดีที่สุด (page does not exist)">ดีที่สุด</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="th-Latn" class="tr Latn">tiisiisut</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="найкращий">найкращий</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">najkraščyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="найліпший">найлі́пший</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">najlípšyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a> form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/well#English" title="well">well</a></i></span></span>: most <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/well#English" title="well">well</a></span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">A popular aphorism says it <b>best</b>: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1667</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton" class="extiw" title="w:John Milton">John Milton</a>, “Book IX”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost" class="extiw" title="w:Paradise Lost">Paradise Lost.<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="A Poem Written in Ten Books">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed [by]">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Simmons" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Simmons">Samuel Simmons</a>], and are to be sold by Peter Parker<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="under Creed Church neer Aldgate">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>a<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>nd by Robert Boulter<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>; <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>a<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>nd Matthias Walker,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/228722708">→OCLC</a></small>; republished as <cite>Paradise Lost in Ten Books:<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: With an Appendix Containing the Additions Made in Later Issues and a Monograph on the Original Publication of the Poem">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></cite>, London: Basil Montagu Pickering<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="196 Piccadilly">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <span class="None" lang="und">1873</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/230729554">→OCLC</a></small>, lines <span class="None" lang="und">867–869</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Out of my ſight, thou Serpent, that name <b>beſt</b> <br /> Befits thee with him leagu'd, thy ſelf as falſe <br /> And hateful;</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1671</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton" class="extiw" title="w:John Milton">John Milton</a>, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Agonistes" class="extiw" title="w:Samson Agonistes">Samson Agonistes,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="a Dramatic Poem. Of that Sort of Dramatic Poem which is Call’d Tragedy.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a>.”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Regained" class="extiw" title="w:Paradise Regained">Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes</a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed by">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> J<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ohn<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> M<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>acock<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> for John Starkey<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="at the Mitre in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/228732398">→OCLC</a></small>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/paradiseregaindp00milt_0/page/65/mode/1up">page <span class="None" lang="und">65</span></a>, line <span class="None" lang="und">1072</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">But had we <b>beſt</b> retire, I ſee a ſtorm?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1797–1798</b> (date written)</span>, [<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge" class="extiw" title="w:Samuel Taylor Coleridge">Samuel Taylor Coleridge</a>], “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rime_of_the_Ancient_Mariner" class="extiw" title="w:The Rime of the Ancient Mariner">The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrical_Ballads" class="extiw" title="w:Lyrical Ballads">Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems</a></cite>, London: <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Printed for">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> J<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>ohn<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> & A<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>rthur<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Arch,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="Gracechurch-Street.">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, published <span class="None" lang="und">1798</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1071922407">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">He prayeth <b>best</b>, who loveth <b>best</b> / All things both great and small.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1907</b></span> August, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers" class="extiw" title="w:Robert W. Chambers">Robert W[illiam] Chambers</a>, chapter VIII, in <cite>The Younger Set</cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Appleton_%26_Company" class="extiw" title="w:D. Appleton & Company">D. Appleton & Company</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/24962326">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked <b>best</b> and <b>best</b> understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">You<a href="/wiki/%27d_best#English" title="'d best">'d best</a> save a backup copy, just in case the morons lose the one that you sent and then try to act like you never sent one.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1854</b></span>, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" class="extiw" title="w:William Makepeace Thackeray">William Makepeace Thackeray</a>], <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Newcomes" class="extiw" title="w:The Newcomes">The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family</a></cite>, volume <span class="maintenance-line">(please specify |volume=I or II)</span>, London: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_and_Evans" class="extiw" title="w:Bradbury and Evans">Bradbury and Evans</a>,<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="11, Bouverie Street">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/809623158">→OCLC</a></small>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Had I not <b>best</b> go to her?</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-superlative_of_the_adverb_well"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">superlative of the adverb <i>well</i></div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="superlative of the adverb ''well''"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mieux#French" title="mieux">mieux</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mieux" class="extiw" title="fr:mieux">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=am_besten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="am besten (page does not exist)">am besten</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/legjobban#Hungarian" title="legjobban">legjobban</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/legjobban" class="extiw" title="hu:legjobban">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/meglio#Italian" title="meglio">meglio</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/meglio" class="extiw" title="it:meglio">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%E6%9C%80%E3%82%82%E3%81%86%E3%81%BE%E3%81%8F&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="最もうまく (page does not exist)">最もうまく</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">もっともうまく</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Korean: <span class="Kore" lang="ko"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%EA%B0%80%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%98&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="가장 잘 (page does not exist)">가장 잘</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ko-Latn" class="tr Latn">gajang jal</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Latin: <span class="Latn" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/optime#Latin" title="optime">optime</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/optime" class="extiw" title="la:optime">(la)</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/najlepiej#Polish" title="najlepiej">najlepiej</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/melhor#Portuguese" title="melhor">melhor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/melhor" class="extiw" title="pt:melhor">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Sardinian: <span class="Latn" lang="sc"><a href="/w/index.php?title=m%C3%A9glius&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="méglius (page does not exist)">méglius</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/mejor#Spanish" title="mejor">mejor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/mejor" class="extiw" title="es:mejor">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A4st#Swedish" title="bäst">bäst</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A4st" class="extiw" title="sv:bäst">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pinakamahusay&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pinakamahusay (page does not exist)">pinakamahusay</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/w/index.php?title=pinakamagaling&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="pinakamagaling (page does not exist)">pinakamagaling</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="See_also">See also</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="term-list columns-bg"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_off#Adjective" title="best off">best off</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="ann-pos">adj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">best</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bests#English" title="bests">bests</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The supreme effort one can make, or has made. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I did my <b>best</b>.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">My personal <b>best</b> in that race is eighteen minutes, four seconds.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2011</b> September 28, Tom Rostance, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos”, in <cite>BBC Sport</cite>‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14998317.stm">[1]</a></sup>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Home defender Per Mertesacker had to be at his <b>best</b> to stop a dangerous cross from Vassilis Torossidis reaching Djebbour, but moments later Arsenal doubled their lead through Santos.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> One's best <a href="/wiki/behavior" title="behavior">behavior</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I was somewhat distant lately, and my lady promised me head every Tuesday of the week when I’m nice to her, so I better be on my <b>best</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most <a href="/wiki/excellent" title="excellent">excellent</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Even the <b>best</b> of us makes mistakes.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">We're the <b>best</b> of friends.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I love it so much! It's the <b>best</b>.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1994</b></span>, Otis L. Guernsey, Jeffrey Sweet, <cite>The Best Plays of 1993-1994</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=pyOS10wBhy4C&pg=PR7">page vii</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Mel Gussow reviews the <b>bests</b> of off off Broadway</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1995</b></span> October, <cite>Cincinnati Magazine</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DR8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5">page 5</a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">But in true Cincinnati style, the <b>bests</b> consistently outnumber the worsts.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2011</b></span>, G. Edward Evans, Sheila S. Intner, Jean Riddle Weihs, <cite>Introduction to Technical Services</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=PcIj47eVlyQC&pg=PA149">page <span class="None" lang="und">149</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">There are the <b>bests</b> for each institution, the <b>bests</b> for coalitions, and, of course, the <b>bests</b> for the group as a whole.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2013</b></span>, Jesse Jose, <cite>Collections Of My Best And Most-Hated, "A Cup O' Kapeng Barako" Writings</cite>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JixRpYLuSE0C&pg=PA209">page <span class="None" lang="und">209</span></a>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">If he's one of the <b>bests</b>, he should be fighting the <b>bests</b>, NOT the <i>pipitsugins</i>.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/first_best#English" title="first best">first best</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/level_best#English" title="level best">level best</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/personal_best#English" title="personal best">personal best</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_3">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-effort"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">effort</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="effort"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/paras#Finnish" title="paras">paras</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/paras" class="extiw" title="fi:paras">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/parhain#Finnish" title="parhain">parhain</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/parhain" class="extiw" title="fi:parhain">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/mieux#French" title="mieux">mieux</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/mieux" class="extiw" title="fr:mieux">(fr)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Bestes#German" title="Bestes">Bestes</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bestes" class="extiw" title="de:Bestes">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/minden#Hungarian" title="minden">minden</a> <a href="/wiki/t%C5%91le#Hungarian" title="tőle">tőle</a> <a href="/wiki/telhet%C5%91t#Hungarian" title="telhetőt">telhetőt</a> <a href="/wiki/megtesz#Hungarian" title="megtesz">megtesz</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/kitesz#Hungarian" title="kitesz">kitesz</a> <a href="/wiki/mag%C3%A1%C3%A9rt#Hungarian" title="magáért">magáért</a></span></li> <li>Irish: <span class="Latn" lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%ADcheall#Irish" title="dícheall">dícheall</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88#Japanese" title="ベスト">ベスト</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88" class="extiw" title="ja:ベスト">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">besuto</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Northern Kurdish: <span class="Latn" lang="kmr"><a href="/wiki/ba%C5%9Ftir%C3%AEn#Northern_Kurdish" title="baştirîn">baştirîn</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/ba%C5%9Ftir%C3%AEn" class="extiw" title="ku:baştirîn">(ku)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/beste#Norwegian" title="beste">beste</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/beste" class="extiw" title="no:beste">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%91_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="всё возможное (page does not exist)">всё возмо́жное</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">vsjo vozmóžnoje</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="лучший">лу́чший</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:лучший">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">lúčšij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/vrchol#Slovak" title="vrchol">vrchol</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/maximum#Slovak" title="maximum">maximum</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A4sta#Swedish" title="bästa">bästa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A4sta" class="extiw" title="sv:bästa">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=en_iyisi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="en iyisi (page does not exist)">en iyisi</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-person"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">person</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="person"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/paras#Finnish" title="paras">paras</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/paras" class="extiw" title="fi:paras">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/parhain#Finnish" title="parhain">parhain</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/parhain" class="extiw" title="fi:parhain">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/parhaimmisto#Finnish" title="parhaimmisto">parhaimmisto</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/parhaimmisto" class="extiw" title="fi:parhaimmisto">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9lite#French" title="élite">élite</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9lite" class="extiw" title="fr:élite">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/fleur#French" title="fleur">fleur</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/fleur" class="extiw" title="fr:fleur">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/cr%C3%A8me#French" title="crème">crème</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cr%C3%A8me" class="extiw" title="fr:crème">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/dessus_du_panier#French" title="dessus du panier">dessus du panier</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/dessus_du_panier" class="extiw" title="fr:dessus du panier">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/meilleur#French" title="meilleur">meilleur</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/meilleur" class="extiw" title="fr:meilleur">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Friulian: <span class="Latn" lang="fur"><a href="/wiki/mi%C3%B4r#Friulian" title="miôr">miôr</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/elite#Galician" title="elite">elite</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Bester#German" title="Bester">Bester</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bester" class="extiw" title="de:Bester">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Beste#German" title="Beste">Beste</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Beste" class="extiw" title="de:Beste">(de)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/migliore#Italian" title="migliore">migliore</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/migliore" class="extiw" title="it:migliore">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Norwegian">best</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/best" class="extiw" title="no:best">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/melhor#Portuguese" title="melhor">melhor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/melhor" class="extiw" title="pt:melhor">(pt)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9#Russian" title="лучший">лу́чший</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:лучший">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">lúčšij</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9lite#Spanish" title="élite">élite</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9lite" class="extiw" title="es:élite">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/flor#Spanish" title="flor">flor</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/flor" class="extiw" title="es:flor">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/nata#Spanish" title="nata">nata</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/nata" class="extiw" title="es:nata">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A4sta#Swedish" title="bästa">bästa</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A4sta" class="extiw" title="sv:bästa">(sv)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/b%C3%A4ste#Swedish" title="bäste">bäste</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/b%C3%A4ste" class="extiw" title="sv:bäste">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/w/index.php?title=en_iyisi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="en iyisi (page does not exist)">en iyisi</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">best</strong> (<i>third-person singular simple present</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bests#English" title="bests">bests</a></b>, <i>present participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ing-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/besting#English" title="besting">besting</a></b>, <i>simple past and past participle</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en ed-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bested#English" title="bested">bested</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/surpass" title="surpass">surpass</a> in <a href="/wiki/skill" title="skill">skill</a> or <a href="/wiki/achievement" title="achievement">achievement</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">transitive</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> To <a href="/wiki/beat" title="beat">beat</a> in a contest. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1944</b></span> July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The "City of Truro"”, in <cite>Railway Magazine</cite>, pages <span class="None" lang="und">201–202</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship <i>Kronprinz Wilhelm</i> left New York on May 3 [1904], at 3.10 p.m. and reached Plymouth Sound on May 9 at 8 a.m. This was then a very fast crossing of the Atlantic, but it was not the record. The same ship had held the "Blue Riband" in 1902, but had been slightly <b>bested</b> by the <i>Kaiser Wilhelm II</i>, a larger vessel of the same line, in 1903, and that stood as the record until the Cunard Line secured the honours in 1909 with the <i>Mauretania</i> and held them for an unbroken period of 20 years.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2010</b></span>, T. William Phillips, <cite>Restless Heart</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">16</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">"You did not win because I was sloppy. You <b>bested</b> me, Uncle. 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.inflection-table-brown th.secondary,.mw-parser-output .inflection-table th.secondary.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-1)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th,.mw-parser-output .inflection-table th.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-2)}.mw-parser-output .inflection-table-brown th.outer,.mw-parser-output .inflection-table th.outer.inflection-table-brown{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-brown-4)}.mw-parser-output tr.inflection-table-brown-darker td,.mw-parser-output td.inflection-table-brown-darker{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-brown-1)!important}</style> <table class="inflection-table"> <caption class="inflection-table-title">Conjugation of <i>best</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#infinitive" title="Appendix:Glossary">infinitive</a> </th> <td colspan="3">(<span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/to#English" title="to">to</a></span>) <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">best</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present tense</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#past_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">past tense</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#first-person" title="Appendix:Glossary">1st-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a></th><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="2"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">best</strong></span> </td><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="4"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en spast-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bested#English" title="bested">bested</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second-person" title="Appendix:Glossary">2nd-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#third-person" title="Appendix:Glossary">3rd-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em" rowspan="1"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en s-verb-form-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bests#English" title="bests">bests</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#plural" title="Appendix:Glossary">plural</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">best</strong></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#subjunctive" title="Appendix:Glossary">subjunctive</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">best</strong></span> </td><td style="max-width: 15em"><span class="Latn form-of lang-en spast-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bested#English" title="bested">bested</a></span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#imperative" title="Appendix:Glossary">imperative</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><strong class="selflink">best</strong></span> </td> <td style="max-width: 15em">—</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="separator" colspan="999"> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#participle" title="Appendix:Glossary">participles</a> </th><td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en pres|ptcp-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/besting#English" title="besting">besting</a></span> </td> <td style="max-width: 15em"> <span class="Latn form-of lang-en past|ptcp-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bested#English" title="bested">bested</a></span> </td> </tr></tbody></table> <div class="inflection-table-notes"> <div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Antonyms_2">Antonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/worst#English" title="worst">worst</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="term-list columns-bg"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unbested#English" title="unbested">unbested</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_4">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-to_beat"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">to beat</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="to beat"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%B2%D1%80%D1%8A%D1%85_%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="вземам връх над (page does not exist)">вземам връх над</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">vzemam vrǎh nad</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/porazit#Czech" title="porazit">porazit</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/porazit" class="extiw" title="cs:porazit">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/slaan#Dutch" title="slaan">slaan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/slaan" class="extiw" title="nl:slaan">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/overmeesteren#Dutch" title="overmeesteren">overmeesteren</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmeesteren" class="extiw" title="nl:overmeesteren">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/verslaan#Dutch" title="verslaan">verslaan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/verslaan" class="extiw" title="nl:verslaan">(nl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/overwinnen#Dutch" title="overwinnen">overwinnen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/overwinnen" class="extiw" title="nl:overwinnen">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/p%C3%A4ihitt%C3%A4%C3%A4#Finnish" title="päihittää">päihittää</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/p%C3%A4ihitt%C3%A4%C3%A4" class="extiw" title="fi:päihittää">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/battre#French" title="battre">battre</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/battre" class="extiw" title="fr:battre">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/vaincre#French" title="vaincre">vaincre</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/vaincre" class="extiw" title="fr:vaincre">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/surpasser#French" title="surpasser">surpasser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/surpasser" class="extiw" title="fr:surpasser">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/enfoncer#French" title="enfoncer">enfoncer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/enfoncer" class="extiw" title="fr:enfoncer">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/%C3%A9craser#French" title="écraser">écraser</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%A9craser" class="extiw" title="fr:écraser">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/aplatir#French" title="aplatir">aplatir</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/aplatir" class="extiw" title="fr:aplatir">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/dominer#French" title="dominer">dominer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/dominer" class="extiw" title="fr:dominer">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/d%C3%A9faire#French" title="défaire">défaire</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9faire" class="extiw" title="fr:défaire">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/%C3%BCbertreffen#German" title="übertreffen">übertreffen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%BCbertreffen" class="extiw" title="de:übertreffen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/besiegen#German" title="besiegen">besiegen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/besiegen" class="extiw" title="de:besiegen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/schlagen#German" title="schlagen">schlagen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/schlagen" class="extiw" title="de:schlagen">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%BCberlegen_sein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="überlegen sein (page does not exist)">überlegen sein</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/superare#Italian" title="superare">superare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/superare" class="extiw" title="it:superare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/dominare#Italian" title="dominare">dominare</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/dominare" class="extiw" title="it:dominare">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/vincere#Italian" title="vincere">vincere</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/vincere" class="extiw" title="it:vincere">(it)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/battere#Italian" title="battere">battere</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/battere" class="extiw" title="it:battere">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=t%C4%81r%C5%AB&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="tārū (page does not exist)">tārū</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/sl%C3%A5#Norwegian" title="slå">slå</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/sl%C3%A5" class="extiw" title="no:slå">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8#Russian" title="превзойти">превзойти́</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%D0%B8" class="extiw" title="ru:превзойти">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">prevzojtí</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C#Russian" title="победить">победи́ть</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C" class="extiw" title="ru:победить">(ru)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="perfective aspect">pf</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">pobedítʹ</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=porazi%C5%A5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="poraziť (page does not exist)">poraziť</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/sobrepasar#Spanish" title="sobrepasar">sobrepasar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/sobrepasar" class="extiw" title="es:sobrepasar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/superar#Spanish" title="superar">superar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/superar" class="extiw" title="es:superar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/vencer#Spanish" title="vencer">vencer</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/vencer" class="extiw" title="es:vencer">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/rebasar#Spanish" title="rebasar">rebasar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/rebasar" class="extiw" title="es:rebasar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/derrotar#Spanish" title="derrotar">derrotar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/derrotar" class="extiw" title="es:derrotar">(es)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aventajar#Spanish" title="aventajar">aventajar</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/aventajar" class="extiw" title="es:aventajar">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/besegra#Swedish" title="besegra">besegra</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/besegra" class="extiw" title="sv:besegra">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/a%C5%9Fmak#Turkish" title="aşmak">aşmak</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/a%C5%9Fmak" class="extiw" title="tr:aşmak">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/ge%C3%A7mek#Turkish" title="geçmek">geçmek</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/ge%C3%A7mek" class="extiw" title="tr:geçmek">(tr)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/better#English" title="better">better</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestest#English" title="bestest">bestest</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_4">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="4"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=all_for_the_best&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="all for the best (page does not exist)">all for the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/all_the_best#English" title="all the best">all the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/as_best_one_can#English" title="as best one can">as best one can</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/at_best#English" title="at best">at best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/best_of_the_best#English" title="best of the best">best of the best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=for_one%27s_best&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="for one's best (page does not exist)">for one's best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/get_the_best_of#English" title="get the best of">get the best of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/had_best#English" title="had best">had best</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=have_the_best_of&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="have the best of (page does not exist)">have the best of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/make_the_best_of#English" title="make the best of">make the best of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=the_best_part_of&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="the best part of (page does not exist)">the best part of</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=with_the_best_(of_them)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="with the best (of them) (page does not exist)">with the best (of them)</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shortening of <a href="/wiki/had_best" title="had best">had best</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Verb_2">Verb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">modal verb<span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#colloquial" title="Appendix:Glossary">colloquial</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/had_best" title="had best">Had best</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">It's getting late. You <b>best</b> get on home.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1935</b></span>, Edward Joseph O'Brien, John Cournos, editors, <cite>The Best British Short Stories of 1935</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">37</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">'We <b>best</b> be going,' she said, looking at the clock.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2010</b></span>, Mary B. Morrison, <cite>Somebody's Gotta Be On Top</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Brother, you <b>best</b> be gone when I return.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Usage_notes_2">Usage notes</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Although it is sometimes considered an adverb, <i>best</i> is virtually synonymous with <i>should</i> in "<i>We best be going,</i>" and <i>ought to</i> in "<i>We best go.</i>" <i>Should</i> and <i>ought</i> are auxiliary verbs.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.onelook.com/?w=best&ls=a">best</a>”, in <cite>OneLook Dictionary Search</cite>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dwight_Whitney" class="extiw" title="w:William Dwight Whitney">William Dwight Whitney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eli_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Eli Smith">Benjamin E[li] Smith</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://server-66-113-234-189.da.direct/century-dictionary.com/html/wnph-chw.php?query=best&type=dicts">best</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/BTEs#English" title="BTEs">BTEs</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Bets#English" title="Bets">Bets</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bets#English" title="bets">bets</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dutch">Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Dutch_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Dutch pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/bɛst/</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="1" data-mwtitle="Nl-best.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Nl-best.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/Nl-best.ogg/Nl-best.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:Nl-best.ogg" title="File:Nl-best.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="nl">best</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Dutch/%C9%9Bst" title="Rhymes:Dutch/ɛst"><span class="IPA">-ɛst</span></a></li> <li><span class="homophones"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#homophone" title="Appendix:Glossary">Homophone</a>: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/Best#Dutch" title="Best">Best</a></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Middle Dutch">Middle Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Middle_Dutch">best</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/betst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/betst (page does not exist)">*betst</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz">*batistaz</a></i>, superlative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/g%C5%8Ddaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gōdaz">*gōdaz</a></i>. Compare <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_German" class="extiw" title="w:Low German">Low German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Low_German">best</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Frisian_language" class="extiw" title="w:West Frisian language">West Frisian</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#West_Frisian">best</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" class="extiw" title="w:German language">German</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/besten#German" title="besten">besten</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Danish language">Danish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/bedst#Danish" title="bedst">bedst</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/goed#Dutch" title="goed">goed</a></i></span></span>; <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/fine" title="fine">fine</a>, <a href="/wiki/okay" title="okay">okay</a> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">Mag ik buiten spelen? — Ik vind het <b>best</b>, als je maar voor het eten weer thuis bent.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">May I go and play outside? — It's <b>fine</b> with me, as long as you're back home again before dinner.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/dear" title="dear">dear</a>, <a href="/wiki/venerable" title="venerable">venerable</a> (in a polite address) <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl"><b>Beste</b> Piet, wij danken je voor 40 jaar trouwe dienst.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation"><b>Dear</b> Piet, we thank you for 40 years of loyal service.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Declension">Declension</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">definite inflected form</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/beste#Dutch" title="beste">beste</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Synonyms">Synonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Synonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">fine</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon sense-qualifier-colon">:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/prima#Dutch" title="prima">prima</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Descendants">Descendants</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/beste#Afrikaans" title="beste">beste</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title="uncertain"]{font-size:.7em;vertical-align:super}</style></li> <li>Berbice Creole Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="brc"><a href="/wiki/besti#Berbice_Creole_Dutch" title="besti">besti</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li>Negerhollands: <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a href="/wiki/bes#Negerhollands" title="bes">bes</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Negerhollands">best</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li> <li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span><span class="desc-arr" title="uncertain">?</span> Sranan Tongo: <span class="Latn" lang="srn"><a href="/wiki/besi#Sranan_Tongo" title="besi">besi</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb_2">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/quite" title="quite">quite</a>, <a href="/wiki/rather" title="rather">rather</a> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="nl">Dat zou <b>best</b> kunnen.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">It's <b>quite</b> possible.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nl">best</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl p-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/besten#Dutch" title="besten">besten</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#diminutive" title="Appendix:Glossary">diminutive</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-nl diminutive-form-of" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/bestje#Dutch" title="bestje">bestje</a></b> <span class="gender"><abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#dated" title="Appendix:Glossary">dated</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> chiefly diminutive</span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/bes#Dutch" title="bes">bes</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">old woman</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_Dutch">Middle Dutch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Middle Dutch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Dutch" class="extiw" title="w:Old Dutch">Old Dutch</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="odt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconstruction:Old_Dutch/betst&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconstruction:Old Dutch/betst (page does not exist)">*betst</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz">*batistaz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Dutch_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Middle Dutch phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/best/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_3">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="dum">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span>; <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/goet#Middle_Dutch" title="goet">goet</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb_3">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="dum">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span>; <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="dum"><a href="/wiki/wel#Middle_Dutch" title="wel">wel</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_2">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dutch">best</a></span><ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/beste#Afrikaans" title="beste">beste</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li>Berbice Creole Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="brc"><a href="/wiki/besti#Berbice_Creole_Dutch" title="besti">besti</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li>Negerhollands: <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a href="/wiki/bes#Negerhollands" title="bes">bes</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="dcr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Negerhollands">best</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span><span class="desc-arr" title="uncertain">?</span> Sranan Tongo: <span class="Latn" lang="srn"><a href="/wiki/besi#Sranan_Tongo" title="besi">besi</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul></li> <li>Limburgish: <span class="Latn" lang="li"><a href="/w/index.php?title=b%C3%A8s&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="bès (page does not exist)">bès</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Middle_English">Middle English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Middle English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_3">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_English" class="extiw" title="w:Old English">Old English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/betst#Old_English" title="betst">betst</a></i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang"><a href="/wiki/betest#Old_English" title="betest">betest</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective_4">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/beste#Middle_English" title="beste">beste</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adverb_4">Adverb</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/beste#Middle_English" title="beste">beste</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_3">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/beste#Old_French" title="beste">beste</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="enm">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention">Alternative form of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/beeste#Middle_English" title="beeste">beeste</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="North_Frisian">North Frisian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: North Frisian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_3">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="frr">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="frr"><a href="/wiki/wiis#North_Frisian" title="wiis">wiis</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Bokmål"><span id="Norwegian_Bokm.C3.A5l"></span>Norwegian Bokmål</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Norwegian Bokmål"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/beztr#Old_Norse" title="beztr">beztr</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_5">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nb">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite" title="Appendix:Glossary">indefinite</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/god#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="god">god</a></i></span></span>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite" title="Appendix:Glossary">indefinite</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/bra#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="bra">bra</a></i></span></span>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_5">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/bestselger#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="bestselger">bestselger</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/bestselgende#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="bestselgende">bestselgende</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/bm/search?q=best">“best”</a> in <i>The Bokmål Dictionary</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Norwegian_Nynorsk">Norwegian Nynorsk</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Norwegian Nynorsk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Norse" class="extiw" title="w:Old Norse">Old Norse</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="non"><a href="/wiki/beztr#Old_Norse" title="beztr">beztr</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_6">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="nn">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite" title="Appendix:Glossary">indefinite</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/god#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="god">god</a></i></span></span>: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span></li> <li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#indefinite" title="Appendix:Glossary">indefinite</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="nn"><a href="/wiki/bra#Norwegian_Nynorsk" title="bra">bra</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_3">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ordbokene.no/nn/search?q=best">“best”</a> in <i>The Nynorsk Dictionary</i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Old_Saxon">Old Saxon</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Old Saxon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="osx"><a href="/wiki/betst#Old_Saxon" title="betst">betst</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language" class="extiw" title="w:Proto-Germanic language">Proto-Germanic</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="gem-pro"><a href="/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz" title="Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/batistaz">*batistaz</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adverb_5">Adverb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Adverb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="osx">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants_3">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Low German: <span class="Latn" lang="nds"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Low_German">best</a></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r68481116" /></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plautdietsch">Plautdietsch</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Plautdietsch"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Verb_4">Verb</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Verb"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pdt">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#second_person" title="Appendix:Glossary">second-person</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#singular_number" title="Appendix:Glossary">singular</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#present_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">present</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="pdt"><a href="/wiki/sennen#Plautdietsch" title="sennen">sennen</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_6">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Unadapted borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">best</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 51em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛst͡ʃ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛs.t͡ʃi/</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛst͡ʃ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛs.t͡ʃi/</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carioca#Sociolect" class="extiw" title="w:Carioca">Rio de Janeiro</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛʃt͡ʃ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛʃ.t͡ʃi/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Southern Brazil</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈbɛst͡ʃ/</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Portuguese/%C9%9Bsti" title="Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛsti"><span class="IPA">-ɛsti</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">best</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> <abbr title="according to the gender of the referent">by sense</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/bests#Portuguese" title="bests">bests</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#informal" title="Appendix:Glossary">informal</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/bestie#English" title="bestie">bestie</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">best friend</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/bestie#Portuguese" title="bestie">bestie</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/BFF#Portuguese" title="BFF">BFF</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dicionarioinformal.com.br/best">best</a>”, in <cite>Dicionário inFormal</cite> (in Portuguese), <span class="None" lang="und">2006</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2025</span></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scots">Scots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Scots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Scots_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Scots pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[bɛst]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_7">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">best</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative degree</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/guid#Scots" title="guid">guid</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_6">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ill-best&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ill-best (page does not exist)">ill-best</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">best of a bad lot, best of a poor selection</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=best&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="sco">best</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="sco"><a href="/wiki/bests#Scots" title="bests">bests</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/groomsman" title="groomsman">groomsman</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Swedish">Swedish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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