–adjective, superl. of good with better as compar.
1.
of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students.
2.
most advantageous, suitable, or desirable: the best way.
3.
largest; most: the best part of a day.
–adverb, superl. of well with better as compar.
4.
most excellently or suitably; with most advantage or success: an opera role that best suits her voice.
5.
in or to the highest degree; most fully (usually used in combination): best-suited; best-known; best-loved.
–noun
6.
something or someone that is best: They always demand and get the best. The best of us can make mistakes.
7.
a person's finest clothing: It's important that you wear your best.
8.
a person's most agreeable or desirable emotional state (often prec. by at).
9.
a person's highest degree of competence, inspiration, etc. (often prec. by at).
10.
the highest quality to be found in a given activity or category of things (often prec. by at): cabinetmaking at its best.
11.
the best effort that a person, group, or thing can make: Their best fell far short of excellence.
12.
a person's best wishes or kindest regards: Please give my best to your father.
–verb (used with object)
13.
to get the better of; defeat; beat: He easily bested his opponent in hand-to-hand combat. She bested me in the argument.
—Idioms
14.
all for the best, for the good as the final result; to an ultimate advantage: At the time it was hard to realize how it could be all for the best. Also, for the best.
15.
as best one can, in the best way possible under the circumstances: We tried to smooth over the disagreement as best we could.
16.
at best, under the most favorable cir
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cumstances: You may expect to be treated civilly, at best.
17.
get or have the best of,
a.
to gain the advantage over.
b.
to defeat; subdue: His arthritis gets the best of him from time to time.
18.
had best, would be wisest or most reasonable to; ought to: You had best phone your mother to tell her where you are going.
19.
make the best of, to cope with in the best way possible: to make the best of a bad situation.
20.
with the best, on a par with the most capable: He can play bridge with the best.
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, esp. in money; purchase.
2.
to acquire by exchange or concession: to buy favor with flattery.
3.
to hire or obtain the services of: The Yankees bought a new center fielder.
4.
to bribe: Most public officials cannot be bought.
5.
to be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of: Ten dollars buys less than it used to.
6.
Chiefly Theology. to redeem; ransom.
7.
Cards. to draw or be dealt (a card): He bought an ace.
8.
Informal.
a.
to accept or believe: I don't buy that explanation.
b.
to be deceived by: He bought the whole story.
–verb (used without object)
9.
to be or become a purchaser.
–noun
10.
an act or instance of buying.
11.
something bought or to be bought; purchase: That coat was a sensible buy.
12.
a bargain: The couch was a real buy.
—Verb phrases
13.
buy down, to lower or reduce (the mortgage interest rate) by means of a buy-down.
14.
buy in,
a.
to buy a supply of; accumulate a stock of.
b.
to buy back one's own possession at an auction.
c.
to undertake a buy-in.
Also, buy into.
15.
buy into, to purchase a share, interest, or membership in: They tried to buy into the club but were not accepted.
16.
buy off, to get rid of (a claim, opposition, etc.) by payment; purchase the noninterference of; bribe: The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him.
17.
buy out, to secure all of (an owner or partner's) share or interest in an enterprise: She bought out an established pharmacist and is doing very well.
18.
buy up, to buy as much as one can of somethi
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ng or as much as is offered for sale: He bought up the last of the strawberries at the fruit market.
—Idiom
19.
buy it, Slang. to get killed: He bought it at Dunkirk.
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