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Adv. adj. interj. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. There was wonderful food, good company, and, best of all, a jazz band. He wanted the best for his children – good schools, a nice house, and trips abroad.
Among the company’s business segments, second-quarter sales for aeronautics, which includes the F-35 fighter jet, rose 9.3% to $8.11 billion, besting the FactSet consensus of $7.61 billion. It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others. Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts. Kim bested Allen in the primary with 27.4% of the vote to his 19.4%, with an online campaign poll conducted for Allen in July showing that likely voters still prefer Kim by 7 points. Last year, Sivanandan became the youngest girl to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess when she bested 60-year-old Peter Wells.
In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles. Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. People also use this word to recommend something, as in "It would be best to get a lot of sleep." Nothing is better than the best — this is a word for the absolute number one example of something. First recorded before 900; Middle English beste, Old English betst, best; cognate with Dutch best, Old High German bezzist ( German best ), Old Norse bezt, Gothic batists; see better 1, -est 1 Borrowed from Middle English beste (whence modern English beast), from Old French elitespins beste, from Latin bēstia.
A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? That bests the S&P 500, which is up 15% and heading toward its weakest annual performance since 2022. Most people think Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time, and Wayne Gretzky is the best hockey player ever, but there's not much agreement on who's the best football player or baseball player. Good /gʊd/USA pronunciation adj., bet•ter/ˈbɛtɚ/USA pronunciation best/bɛst/USA pronunciation n., interj., adv. adj. n.