Qué (quién) es best - definición
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Best (disambiguation); The Best; BEST (Album); Best (Album); Best (album); Best (compilation); BEST; Best 1; Best album; The Best (disambiguation); Best!; The best; The Best (album); The Best (VHS); Beſt
best
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you want further information the best thing to do is have a word with the driver as you get on the bus...
It's not the best place to live if you wish to develop your knowledge and love of mountains.
2.
James Fox is best known as the author of White Mischief.
3.
The best is used to refer to things of the highest quality or standard.
We offer only the best to our clients...
He'll have the best of care.
? worst
N-SING: the N
4.
Someone's best is the greatest effort or highest achievement or standard that they are capable of.
Miss Blockey was at her best when she played the piano...
One needs to be a first-class driver to get the best out of that sort of machinery.
N-SING: oft poss N
5.
If you say that something is the best that can be done or hoped for, you think it is the most pleasant, successful, or useful thing that can be done or hoped for.
A draw seems the best they can hope for...
The best we can do is try to stay cool and muddle through.
N-SING: the N
6.
If you like something best or like it the best, you prefer it.
The thing I liked best about the show was the music...
Mother liked it best when Daniel got money...
What was the role you loved the best?
= most
ADV: ADV after v, oft the ADV
7.
Best is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with 'good' and 'well'. For example, the superlative of 'well-known' is 'best-known'.
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9.
You can say 'All the best' when you are saying goodbye to someone, or at the end of a letter.
Wish him all the best, and tell him we miss him.
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10.
You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned.
It was comfortable and cheap: best of all, most of the rent was being paid by two American friends.
PHRASE: PHR with cl/group
11.
If someone does something as best they can, they do it as well as they can, although it is very difficult.
The older people were left to carry on as best they could.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR after v
12.
You use at best to indicate that even if you describe something as favourably as possible or if it performs as well as it possibly can, it is still not very good.
This policy, they say, is at best confused and at worst non-existent...
PHRASE: PHR with cl/group
13.
If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
I'll do my best to find out...
It wasn't her fault, she was trying her best to help...
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR to-inf
14.
If you say that something is for the best, you mean it is the most desirable or helpful thing that could have happened or could be done, considering all the circumstances.
Whatever the circumstances, parents are supposed to know what to do for the best.
PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR
15.
If two people are the best of friends, they are close friends, especially when they have had a disagreement or fight in the past.
Magda is now married to George Callerby and we are the best of friends.
PHRASE: usu v-link PHR
16.
If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.
He was convinced that doctors and dentists knew best.
PHRASE: V inflects
17.
If you make the best of something, you accept an unsatisfactory situation cheerfully and try to manage as well as you can. In British English, you can also say that you make the best of a bad job.
She instilled in the children the virtues of good hard work, and making the best of what you have.
PHRASE: V inflects
18.
BEST
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best
¦ adjective of the most excellent or desirable type or quality.
?most appropriate, advantageous, or well advised.
¦ adverb to the highest degree; most.
?to the highest standard.
?most suitably, appropriately, or usefully.
¦ noun (the best) that which is the most excellent or desirable.
?(one's best) the highest standard or level attainable.
?(in sport) a record performance.
¦ verb informal outwit or get the better of.
Phrases
all the best best wishes.
at best taking the most optimistic view.
be for the best be desirable in the end, although not at first seeming so.
the best of three (or five etc.) victory achieved by winning the majority of a specified odd number of games.
the best part of most of.
best wishes an expression of hope for someone's future happiness.
get the best of overcome (someone).
give someone/thing best Brit. admit the superiority of someone or something.
had best would find it most sensible.
make the best of derive what limited advantage one can from (something unsatisfactory).
six of the best Brit. a caning as a punishment, traditionally with six strokes of the cane.
Origin
OE betest (adjective), betost (adverb), of Gmc origin.
Ejemplos de pronunciación para best
1. The best, the best.
Red Tails _ Elijah Kelley, David Oyelowo + More _ Talks at Google
2. best circumstances, best this.
Beautiful On The Outside _ Adam Rippon _ Talks at Google
3. Best,
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close _ Jonathan Safran Foer _ Talks at Google
4. best.
Super Sad True Love Story _ Gary Shteyngart _ Talks at Google
5. best.
Interviews with 12 cutting-edge musicians from Oakland and beyond _ Matt Werner _ Talks at Google
Ejemplos de uso de best
1. It also won best direction, best script, best soundtrack, best artistic design and best editing.
2. The Queen had a total of six nominations: best picture, best original screenplay, best original score, best costume design, best actress and best director for Stephen Frears.
3. He was the best dad, the best boss, the best friend, the best tycoon.
4. The winners Best group Black Eyed Peas Best song Beyoncé featuring Jay Z – Deja Vu Best UK female Corinne Bailey Rae Best international female Beyoncé Best UK male Lemar Best international male Jay Z Best UK newcomer Corinne Bailey Rae Best video Beyoncé featuring Jay Z – Deja Vu Best hip–hop Akala Best R&B Rihanna Best reggae Sean Paul Best gospel Nu Life Best DJ Steve Sutherland Best African act Batman Samini Mobo awards 2006 16.08.2006: Mobo nominations in full
5. The winner of the Best Coffeehouse title went to Shokoladnitsa, Best Democratic Establishment –– Gorodskoye Kafe 317, Best Restaurant Chain –– Il Patio, Best Out–of–Town Restaurant –– Veranda U Dachi, Best Ethnic Cuisine –– Noyev Kovcheg, Best Beer Restaurant – Durdin, Best Fish Restaurant –– Rybny Bazar, Best Cuisine –– Cafe Pushkin, Best Club Restaurant –– Sorry Babushka, Best Bar –– Vision, Best Interior –– Turandot, Best Service –– Villa Rosa, Best Atmosphere –– Prado Cafe, Opening of the Year –– Turandot.