Best Definition–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
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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. |
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| 16. | at best, under the most favorable circumstances: 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. | |
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