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English

Pronunciation

  • AHD : mōst
  • IPA : /məʊst/
  • SAMPA : /m@Ust/

Adjective

most

  1. the majority of
    Most people like chocolate.
  2. (in a comical way) all
    Most wrongs aren't right

Synonyms

  • almost all

Translations

  • Dutch: meeste
  • Finnish: useimmat
  • French: la plupart de
    Most people like chocolate - La plupart des gens aiment le chocolat
  • German: die meisten
  • Hebrew: רוב
  • Italian: la maggioranza di, di più
    Most people like chocolate - Il ciocciolato piace alla maggioranza della gente
  • Japanese: (さい, sai), 最も (もっとも , mottomo)
  • Spanish: la mayoría de
  • Swedish: de flesta (1), flertalet (1)

Adverb

most

  1. used in forming the superlative of adjectives
    This is the most important example.
  2. used to modify adjectives with the meaning "highly"
    This is a most unusual specimen.

Antonyms

Translations

  • Finnish: erittäin (2), eniten (2), (real superlative is formed other way)
  • French: le plus + m noun, la plus + f noun, les plus + plural noun (1); très (2), extrêmement (2)
  • Ido: maxim
  • Spanish: el/la/lo más (1)
  • Swedish: mest

Related terms

Pronoun

most

  1. the majority of a specified group
    Most simply choose to ignore it.
  2. the majority of people in general
    Most want the best for their children.

Translation

  • Italian: la maggioranza (1); la maggioranza della gente (2)
  • Spanish: la mayoría (1)
  • Swedish: majoriteten , de flesta , flertalet

Czech

Proper noun

Most

  1. a district or country of the Czech Republic.

Noun

most m

  1. bridge

Hungarian

Adverb

most

  1. now

Slovak

Noun

most m, mosty pl
mosta gen sg
declension pattern dub
  1. bridge

Derived Words

  • mostík
  • mostný
  • mostový



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