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say it: best
best is a noun, adverb, adjective and verb meaning "the supreme effort one can make". It carries 9 recorded senses.
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
in a most excellent way or manner
“he played best after a couple of martinis”
it would be sensible
“you'd best stay at home”
(superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities
“the best film of the year”
“the best solution”
“the best time for planting”
“wore his best suit”
superlative
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for best come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.