| 1. | in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes. |
| 2. | in the majority of instances: Most operations are successful. |
| 3. | greatest, as in size or extent: the most talent. |
| 4. | the greatest quantity, amount, or degree; the utmost: The most I can hope for is a passing grade. |
| 5. | the greatest number or the majority of a class specified: Most of his writing is rubbish. |
| 6. | the greatest number: The most this room will seat is 150. |
| 7. | the majority of persons: to be more sensitive than most. |
| 8. | the most, Slang. the ultimate in something: He's the most. That movie was the most. |
| 9. | in or to the greatest extent or degree (in this sense often used before adjectives and adverbs, and regularly before those of more than two syllables, to form superlative phrases having the same force and effect as the superlative degree formed by the termination -est): most rapid; most wisely. |
| 10. | very: a most puzzling case. |
| 11. | Informal. almost or nearly. |
| 12. | at the most, at the maximum. Also, at most. |
| 13. | for the most part. part (def. 34). |
| 14. | make the most of, to use to greatest advantage; utilize fully: to make the most of an opportunity. |
adjective, more, most, noun, pronoun | 1. | constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people. |
| 2. | noting each one of a large number (usually fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained. |
| 3. | a large or considerable number of persons or things: A good many of the beggars were blind. |
| 4. | the many, the greater part of humankind. |
| 5. | many persons or things: Many of the beggars were blind. Many were unable to attend. |

adjective, more, most, noun, adverb, more, most.| 1. | great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake. |
| 2. | a great quantity, measure, or degree: Much of his research was unreliable. |
| 3. | a great, important, or notable thing or matter: The house is not much to look at. |
| 4. | to a great extent or degree; greatly; far: to talk too much; much heavier. |
| 5. | nearly, approximately, or about: This is much like the others. |
| 6. | make much of,
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| 7. | much as,
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most (mōst) adj. Superlative of many, much.
adv. Superlative of much.
[Middle English, from Old English mǣst, māst; see mē-3 in Indo-European roots. Adv., sense 3, short for almost.] |
| MOST magneto-optical storage technology |
Most
city, northwestern Czech Republic. It lies along the Bilina River, southwest of Utsi nad Labem. It was mentioned in early 11th-century German documents as Brux, which means "bridge," as does its Czech name. This probably refers to an ancient structure spanning marshy ground near the old town.
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