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    most
    [mōst]
    determiner
    1. greatest in amount, quantity, or degree:
      "they've had the most success" · "the candidate with most votes wins"
      • the majority of; nearly all of:
        "most oranges are sweeter than these"
    pronoun
    1. the greatest amount or quantity:
      "we had the most to lose" · "it's the most I can expect to accomplish in one day"
      • the greatest part; the majority:
        "I spent most of the winter on the coast"
    adverb
    most (adverb)
    1. forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than one syllable:
      "the most important event of my life" · "sandy plains where fire tends to spread most quickly"
    2. to the greatest extent:
      "the things he most enjoyed" · "what she wanted most of all"
    3. extremely; very:
      "it was most kind of you" · "that is most probably correct"
    4. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      informal
      almost:
      "most everyone understood"
    Origin
    Old English māst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meest and German meist.
    -most
    [məo͝ost]
    suffix
    1. forming superlative adjectives and adverbs from prepositions and other words indicating relative position:
      "innermost" · "uppermost"
    Origin
    Old English -mest, assimilated to most.
    man·y
    [ˈmenē]
    determiner
    most (superlative adjective)
    1. a large number of:
      "many people agreed with her" · "it was one of my many errors" · "the possibilities are many"
    Origin
    Old English manig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch menig and German manch.
    much
    [məCH]
    adverb
    most (superlative adverb)
    1. to a great extent; a great deal:
      "did it hurt much?" · "thanks very much" · "they did not mind, much to my surprise" · "they look much better" · "Nicolai's English was much the worst"
      • for a large part of one's time; often:
        "I'm not there much"
    Origin
    Middle English: shortened from muchel, from Old English micel (see mickle).
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    adverb
    1. extremely; very:
      very
      extremely
      awfully
      dreadfully
      really
      frightfully
      exceptionally
      exceedingly
      immensely
      thoroughly
      uncommonly
      remarkably
      eminently
      extraordinarily
      incredibly
      positively
      decidedly
      downright
      heartily
      profoundly
      unco
      awfy
      quite
      terrifically
      tremendously
      fearfully
      desperately
      seriously
      devilishly
      hugely
      fantastically
      madly
      ultra
      too … for words
      mucho
      mega
      majorly
      oh-so
      stinking
      jolly
      ever so
      dead
      well
      fair
      right
      real
      mighty
      awful
      plumb
      powerful
      way
      bitching
      devilish
      exceeding
      sore
      lekker
    determiner
    1. a large number of:
      numerous
      countless
      innumerable
      multitudinous
      numberless
      multiple
      untold
      several
      various
      sundry
      diverse
      assorted
      multifarious
      copious
      abundant
      profuse
      frequent
      umpteen
      eleventy
      more … than one can shake a stick at
      shedload
      myriad
      divers
      a great/good deal of
      a lot of
      a large/great number of
      great quantities of
      plenty of
      scores of
      crowds of
      droves of
      an army of
      a horde of
      a multitude of
      a multiplicity of
      an abundance of
      a profusion of
      lots of
      loads of
      masses of
      stacks of
      scads of
      heaps of
      piles of
      bags of
      tons of
      oodles of
      dozens of
      hundreds of
      thousands of
      millions of
      billions of
      zillions of
      a slew of
      gazillions of
      bazillions of
      gobs of
      a swag of
      a shitload of
      Opposite:
      few
    adverb
    1. to a great extent; a great deal:
      greatly
      a great deal
      exceedingly
      considerably
      appreciably
      decidedly
      indeed
      to a great extent/degree
      a lot
     
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    What does idiom make the most of mean?
    Idioms make the most of, [~ + object] to use to greatest advantage: Make the most of your opportunities. in the greatest quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: to win the most votes. in the majority of instances: Most operations are successful. greatest, as in size or extent: the most talent. Idioms for the most part. See part (def. 18). n.

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    What is the superlative form of most?
    Most is often considered to be the superlative form of much and many. You use most to refer to the majority of a group of things or people or the largest part of something. Most of the houses in the capital don't have piped water. Most is also a determiner. Most people think the Queen has done a good job during her reign.

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    How many meanings does the word most have?
    There are 38 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word most, 15 of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word most? How is the word most pronounced? Where does the word most come from? The earliest known use of the word most is in the Old English period (pre-1150).

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    What is the difference between the most and most?
    In summary, “the most” focuses on superlatives within a specific comparison, while “most” emphasizes the majority or prevailing trend in a general sense without a direct comparison. “Mostly” is an adverb that indicates something occurs or is true in the majority of cases but not always. It implies a general tendency without implying exclusivity.

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    What is the adverb most?
    The adverb most, a shortened form of almost, is far from being either a recent development or an Americanism. It goes back to the 16th century in England, where it is now principally a dialect form. In American English it occurs before such pronouns as all, anyone, anybody, everyone, and everybody;

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