best

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Noun 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Verb 1.6.1 Synonyms 1.6.2 Translations 1.7 Anagrams 1.8 Related terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 3 Swedish 3.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Old English betest.

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• IPA: /bɛst/, SAMPA: /bEst/
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  Rhymes: -ɛst

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best

1. Superlative form of good: most good.

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best

1. Superlative form of well: most well.

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best (countable and uncountable; plural bests)

1. (uncountable) The supreme effort one can make

   I did my best.

2. (countable) The person (or persons) who is (are) most excellent.

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to best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested)

1. (transitive) To beat in a contest.

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• To worst.

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• bets

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• better
• bestest

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[edit] Dutch

(inflection)	uninflected	inflected
positive	goed	goede
comparative	beter	betere
superlative	best	beste

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best

1. best

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best (plural bestar, def. sing. besten, def. pl. bestarna)

1. beast