best /best/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) the supreme effort one can make
• (n.) the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
• (n.) Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)

Chinese translation

• a. 最好的
• adv. 最好地
• n. 最好的人

Word details

Part of speech

adjective / adverb

Pronunciation

/best/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 5.84 · Common

Word forms

bests, bested, besting

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