Definitions for BEST

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BEST best

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IPA: /bɛst/

Best is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in BEST (best).

Definitions for BEST

noun

1. something or someone that is best:
2. a person's finest clothing:
3. a person's most agreeable or desirable emotional state (often preceded by at).
4. a person's highest degree of competence, inspiration, etc. (often preceded by at).
5. the highest quality to be found in a given activity or category of things (often preceded by at):
6. the best effort that a person, group, or thing can make:
7. a person's best wishes or kindest regards:
8. Charles Herbert, 1899–1978, Canadian physiologist, born in the U.S.: one of the discoverers of insulin.
9. profit or advantage; worth; benefit:
10. excellence or merit; kindness:
11. moral righteousness; virtue:
12. (especially in the grading of U.S. beef) an official grade below that of “choice.”.
13. goods. possessions, especially movable effects or personal property. articles of trade; wares; merchandise: Informal. what has been promised or is expected: Informal. the genuine article. Informal. evidence of guilt, as stolen articles: cloth or textile material: Chiefly British. merchandise sent by land, rather than by water or air.
14. the good. the ideal of goodness or morality. good things or persons collectively.
15. well-being; good fortune; success:
16. a hole drilled or bored into the earth to obtain water, petroleum, natural gas, brine, or sulfur.
17. a spring or natural source of water.
18. an apparent reservoir or a source of human feelings, emotions, energy, etc.:
19. a container, receptacle, or reservoir for a liquid:
20. any sunken or deep, enclosed space, as a shaft for air or light, stairs, or an elevator, extending vertically through the floors of a building.
21. Nautical. a part of a weather deck between two superstructures, extending from one side of a vessel to the other. a compartment or enclosure around a ship's pumps to make them easily accessible and protect them from being damaged by the cargo.
22. a hollow compartment, recessed area, or depression for holding a specific item or items, as fish in the bottom of a boat or the retracted wheels of an airplane in flight.
23. any shaft dug or bored into the earth, as for storage space or a mine.

Idioms

1. all for the best, for the good as the final result; to an ultimate advantage: Also, for the best.
2. as best one can, in the best way possible under the circumstances:
3. at best, under the most favorable circumstances:
4. get / have the best of, to gain the advantage over. to defeat; subdue:
5. had best, would be wisest or most reasonable to; ought to:
6. make the best of, to cope with in the best way possible:
7. with the best, on a par with the most capable:
8. as good as. as1 (def 20).
9. come to no good, to end in failure or as a failure:
10. for good, finally and permanently; forever: Also, for good and all.
11. good and, Informal. very; completely; exceedingly:
12. good for, certain to repay (money owed) because of integrity, financial stability, etc. the equivalent in value of: able to survive or continue functioning for (the length of time or the distance indicated): valid or in effect for (the length of time indicated): (used as an expression of approval):
13. good full, Nautical. (of a sail or sails) well filled, especially when sailing close to the wind; clean full; rap full.
14. make good, to make recompense for; repay. to implement an agreement; fulfill. to be successful. to substantiate; verify. to carry out; accomplish; execute:
15. no good, without value or merit; worthless; contemptible:
16. to the good, generally advantageous: richer in profit or gain:
17. as well, in addition; also; too: equally:
18. as well as, as much or as truly as; equally as:
19. leave well enough alone, avoid changing something that is satisfactory.

adverb

1. most excellently or suitably; with most advantage or success:
2. in or to the highest degree; most fully (usually used in combination):
3. Informal. well1 (defs 1–3, 8):
4. in a good or satisfactory manner:
5. thoroughly, carefully, or soundly:
6. in a moral or proper manner:
7. commendably, meritoriously, or excellently:
8. with propriety, justice, or reason:
9. adequately or sufficiently:
10. to a considerable extent or degree (often used in combination):
11. with great or intimate knowledge:
12. certainly; without doubt:
13. with good nature; without rancor:

adjective

1. of the highest quality, excellence, or standing:
2. most advantageous, suitable, or desirable:
3. largest; most:
4. morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious:
5. satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree:
6. of high quality; excellent.
7. right; proper; fit:
8. well-behaved:
9. kind, beneficent, or friendly:
10. honorable or worthy; in good standing:
11. educated and refined:
12. financially sound or safe:
13. genuine; not counterfeit:
14. sound or valid:
15. reliable; dependable; responsible:
16. healthful; beneficial:
17. in excellent condition; healthy:
18. not spoiled or tainted; edible; palatable:
19. favorable; propitious:
20. cheerful; optimistic; amiable:
21. free of distress or pain; comfortable:
22. agreeable; pleasant:
23. attractive; handsome:
24. (of the complexion) smooth; free from blemish.
25. close or intimate; warm:
26. sufficient or ample:
27. advantageous; satisfactory for the purpose:
28. competent or skillful; clever:
29. skillfully or expertly done:
30. conforming to rules of grammar, usage, etc.; correct:
31. socially proper:
32. remaining available to one:
33. comparatively new or of relatively fine quality:
34. finest or most dressy:
35. full:
36. fairly large or great:
37. free from precipitation or cloudiness:
38. Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having stable and normal vital signs, being conscious and comfortable, and having excellent appetite, mobility, etc.
39. fertile; rich:
40. loyal:
41. (of a return or service in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) landing within the limits of a court or section of a court.
42. Informal. (used when declining an offer or suggestion, as to communicate that one is already satisfied): .
43. Horse Racing. (of the surface of a track) drying after a rain so as to be still slightly sticky:
44. (of meat, especially beef) noting or pertaining to the specific grade below “choice,” containing more lean muscle and less edible fat than “prime” or “choice.”.
45. favorably regarded (used as an epithet for a ship, town, etc.): Syrena.
46. in good health; sound in body and mind:
47. satisfactory, pleasing, or good:
48. proper, fitting, or gratifying:
49. in a satisfactory position; well-off:
50. like, of, resembling, from, or used in connection with a well.

interjection

1. (used as an expression of approval or satisfaction):
2. (used to express surprise, reproof, etc.):
3. (used to introduce a sentence, resume a conversation, etc.):

verb (used with object)

1. to get the better of; defeat; beat:
2. to send welling up or forth:

verb (used without object)

1. to rise, spring, or gush, as water, from the earth or some other source (often followed by up, out, or forth):

Origin of BEST

before 900; Middle English beste, Old English betst, best; cognate with Dutch best, Old High German bezzist (German best), Old Norse bezt, Gothic batists. See better

Examples for BEST

The best of his works is the Olympian Zeus, made at Elis after his exile.

But the purest and best matrons of Greece refuse to be my guests.

Scalise spoke briefly, adding little of substance, saying that the people back home know him best.

Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.

The best doctrines become the worst, when they are used for evil purposes.

"Settle the best you can," was his final direction to Coplen.

Her style, much like her diminutive nickname, is best described as “Hamptons twee”—preppy and peppy.

Strangio is at his best when exposing what appears to be a flourishing civil society in Cambodia.

Now, Mr. Bines, I like him and I dare say you've done the best thing for him, unusual as it was.

The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.