Best

  • 71best — [OE] Best and better, the anomalous superlative and comparative of good, go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *bat , which is related to the archaic English boot ‘remedy’ (as in to boot) and meant generally ‘advantage, improvement’. Its… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 72best — [OE] Best and better, the anomalous superlative and comparative of good, go back to a prehistoric Germanic base *bat , which is related to the archaic English boot ‘remedy’ (as in to boot) and meant generally ‘advantage, improvement’. Its… …

    Word origins

  • 73Best — Good Good, a. [Compar. {Better}; superl. {Best}. These words, though used as the comparative and superlative of good, are from a different root.] [AS. G[=o]d, akin to D. goed, OS. g[=o]d, OHG. guot, G. gut, Icel. g[=o][eth]r, Sw. & Dan. god, Goth …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 74Best of '81–'85 — Y T: Best of 81 to 85 was the first Y T compilation album to be published. It was released in 1990 by A M Records.The following information was printed on the inside of the CD Jacket.In the History of Hard Rock N Roll, many artists come and go… …

    Wikipedia

  • 75best of — bẹst ọf Zusammenstellung der bekanntesten, erfolgreichsten Werke von Künstlern, besonders im Musikbereich ● best of Radiohead; best of Tschaikowsky [engl., „(das) Beste von“] …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 76Best — Original name in latin Best Name in other language Best State code NL Continent/City Europe/Amsterdam longitude 51.5075 latitude 5.39028 altitude 17 Population 29074 Date 2013 03 09 …

    Cities with a population over 1000 database

  • 77best... — bẹst...; z. B. bestgehasst   • best... Die mit best... gebildeten Adjektive drücken bereits einen höchsten Grad der Steigerung aus. Deshalb gelten Formen wie bestmöglichste, bestbezahlteste usw. als standardsprachlich nicht korrekt …

    Die deutsche Rechtschreibung

  • 78best —    Oi, oi loa, maika i a e, po okela, kilohana, hō oi, ī, helu ekahi, heke, paua.   ♦ Maui is the best, Maui nō ka oi (no ka oi without a preceding noun would mean ‘for the best person’ but would be rarely if ever said) …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 79best — Of the highest quality; of the greatest usefulness for the purpose intended. Most desirable, suitable, useful, or satisfactory. For example: the best bid of interest by a prospective depositary of school funds would not necessarily be the highest …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 80best — Of the highest quality; of the greatest usefulness for the purpose intended. Most desirable, suitable, useful, or satisfactory. For example: the best bid of interest by a prospective depositary of school funds would not necessarily be the highest …

    Black's law dictionary