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best

  [best]
Use make the best of in a Sentence
–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 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.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME beste, OE betst, best; c. D best, OHG bezzist (G best), ON bezt, Goth batists. See better 1 , -est
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best   (běst)   
adj.   Superlative of good.

  1. Surpassing all others in excellence, achievement, or quality; most excellent: the best performer; the best grade of ore.

  2. Most satisfactory, suitable, or useful; most desirable: the best solution; the best time for planting.

  3. Greatest; most: He spoke for the best part of an hour.

  4. Most highly skilled: the best doctor in town.

adv.   Superlative of well2.

  1. In a most excellent way; most creditably or advantageously.

  2. To the greatest degree or extent; most: "He was certainly the best hated man in the ship" (W. Somerset Maugham).

n.  

  1. One that surpasses all others.

  2. The best part, moment, or value: The best is still to come. Let's get the best out of life.

  3. The optimum condition or quality: look your best. She was at her best in the freestyle competition.

  4. One's nicest or most formal clothing.

  5. The supreme effort one can make: doing our best.

  6. One's warmest wishes or regards: Give them my best.

tr.v.   best·ed, best·ing, bests
To get the better of; beat: "I'm a rough customer, I expect, but I know when I'm bested" (Nathanael West).

[Middle English, from Old English betst; see bhad- in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: According to a traditional rule of grammar, better, not best, should be used in comparisons between two things: Which house of Congress has the better attendance record? This rule is often ignored in practice, but it still has many devoted adherents. In certain fixed expressions, however, best is used idiomatically for comparisons between two: Put your best foot forward. May the best team win! See Usage Notes at have, rather.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

best 
O.E., reduced by assimilation of -t- from earlier O.E. betst, originally superlative of bot "remedy, reparation," the root word now only surviving in to boot, though its comparative, better, and superlative, best, transferred to good (and in some cases well). From P.Gmc. root *bat-, with comp. *batizon and superl. *batistaz. The verb "to get the better of" is from 1863. Best-seller is from 1889; best friend was in Chaucer (c.1374). Best girl is first attested 1887 in a Texas context; best man is 1814, originally Scottish, replacing groomsman.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Best (běst), Charles Herbert. 1899-1978.

American-born Canadian physiologist noted for the discovery and successful clinical application of insulin.

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