best

/best/ n [U] (EXCELLENCE)

Definition

› the most excellent in a group of things or people: As an athlete, Jim Thorpe is one of the best of all time. I like all of Hitchcock’s films, but I think "Notorious" is the best.

(Definition of best n (EXCELLENCE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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beside yourself idiom
besides prep, adv
besiege v
best adj, adv HIGHEST QUALITY
best man n
best n EXCELLENCE
best v DEFEAT
best-seller n
bestial adj
bestow v
bet n

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best adj, adv HIGHEST QUALITY
best v DEFEAT
best man n
best-seller n
best-selling adj, at best-seller n
good adj SATISFACTORY

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at best idiom
do your very best idiom
well done idiom
know best idiom
do the best you can, at do your very best idiom
get the best of someone, at get the better of someone idiom

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