(a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
(a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
(a.) Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
(n.) Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
(superl.) In the highest degree; beyond all others.
(superl.) To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
(superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
(v. t.) To get the better of.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
(2) 8.47pm: Cameron says he believes Britain's best days lie ahead and that he believes in public service.
(3) They are best explained by interactions between central sympathetic activity, brainstem control of respiration and vasomotor activity, reflexes arising from around and within the respiratory tract, and the matching of ventilation to perfusion in the lungs.
(4) Probability distributions are fitted to these data and it is shown that the log-series distribution best fits the data for two subgroups.
(5) Gross deformity, point tenderness and decrease in supination and pronation movements of the forearm were the best predictors of bony injury.
(6) He best be careful out there, because one of these days, POW, RIGHT IN THE KISSER!
(7) Their receptive fields comprise a temporally and spatially linear mechanism (center plus antagonistic surround) that responds to relatively low spatial frequency stimuli, and a temporally nonlinear mechanism, coextensive with the linear mechanism, that--though broad in extent--responds best to high spatial-frequency stimuli.
(8) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(9) They insist this is the best way of ensuring the country does not descend into chaos before the final withdrawal of combat troops.
(10) This method seems the best way to evaluate the respective interactions of intonation with syntax and pragmatics.
(11) The shock resulting from acute canine babesiosis is best viewed as anemic shock.
(12) Early detection of breast cancer is the major indication, and mammography is the single best test for this task.
(13) Of all materials evaluated, Xantopren Blue and Silene silicone impression materials provided the best results in vivo.
(14) In reconstruction of the orbital floor, homograft lyophilised dura or cialit-stord rib cartilage are suitable, but the best materials are autologous cartilage or silastic or teflon.
(15) Hollywood legend has it that, at the first Academy awards in 1929, Rin Tin Tin the dog won most votes for best actor.
(16) Internal fixation of these pathological fractures appeared to be the best treatment.
(17) Spotlight is still the favourite to win best picture A dinner in Beverly Hills was hosted in Spotlight’s honor on Sunday night.
(18) In assessing damaged nets and curtains it must be recognised that anything less than the best vector control may have no appreciable impact on holoendemic malaria.
(19) In open fractures especially in those with severe soft tissue damage, fracture stabilisation is best achieved by using external fixators.
(20) The effect upon ethanol responding was found not to resemble a pattern of extinction, but rather was best described as a general overall reduction in responding.
Worst
Definition:
(a.) Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a physical or moral sense. See Worse.
(n.) That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious, calamitous, or wicked state or degree.
(a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.
(v. i.) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
Example Sentences:
(1) For viewers in the US, you get the worst possible in-game managerial interview in Mike Matheny, one that's so bad, it's actually great!
(2) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(3) Tepco has taken on a US consultant, Lake Barrett , who led the NRC's cleanup of Three Mile Island, the worst commercial nuclear power accident in the nation's history.
(4) Contrary to previous reports, approximately 20% of the neurons in V3 were color selective in terms of showing a severalfold greater response to the best monochromatic wavelength compared with the worst.
(5) From comparative in vitro tests in air, fat, water, and saline it was concluded that only tests in fat or air represent the worst case condition after implantation.
(6) The ABI figures revealed that the best annuity for someone who is a heavy smoker and has severely impaired health was at Prudential, which paid out 46% more than the worst, from Friends Life.
(7) But he lost much of his earnings betting on cards and horses, and he has readily admitted that it was losses of up to £750,000 a night that compelled him to make some of his worst films.
(8) Serial measurements of proximal interphalangeal joint circumference using a single joint that was selected as being 'worst' on clinical grounds or the largest joint at baseline were compared with the mean of all 10 joints in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis receiving second-line drugs.
(9) Not that I would ever accept it, but because in doing so they've exposed themselves as the worst kind of tabloid.
(10) For both the single- and multiple-band signals, performance was best when the signal band(s) had a different envelope from the common envelope of the cue bands, and performance was worst when either the cue bands all had different envelopes, or the signal and cue bands all shared the same envelope.
(11) It will be only a matter of time before the body-count begins.” Jeremy Hunt says five-day doctors' strike will be 'worst in NHS history' Read more The BMA says it will call off the strikes if the government abandons imposing a tougher new contract in October, but the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt , was in a no-turning-back mood on the BBC’s Today programme this morning.
(12) The poor weather is coming at the worst possible time for retailers.
(13) For now, it is a hypothetical danger and England cannot be doing too badly if the worst controversy about Hodgson's squad is who goes as reserve left-back.
(14) This is no doubt a captain’s pick by Malcolm Turnbull and we hope for the sake of the relationship that it has been a good pick.” The planned appointment of Hockey to the Washington role has been one of the worst-kept secrets in Australian politics .
(15) Worst case results yielded a 5.8 degrees C surface temperature elevation, suggesting that thermally induced damage is unlikely.
(16) The accident on 10 April 2010, killed the president, first lady and dozens of senior officials, in the worst Polish air disaster since the second world war.
(17) Share your experiences Read more Last month, Delhi’s 20 million people suffered through the worst smog episode in 17 years, according to the Centre for Science and Environment.
(18) "If Germans start spending more, Germany could start importing more from the periphery [worst hit by the debt crisis]," he said.
(19) He thought that “it wasn’t [Trump]’s worst debate but it wasn’t his best”.
(20) Romanians making Polish wages go down.” Then he adds: “The Romanian, he not the worst.