best in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for best in the English»French Dictionary

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

best
to look best
to sound best
to taste best
to smell best
my best dress
my best sheets

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

best
I like tennis best
I like roses best
best of all
to do best
who did best?
to do sth as best one can
you'd best do inf
you know best

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

See also Sunday best, well2, well1, good

I.well2 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] N

well → well up

I.well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADJ

2. well (in satisfactory state, condition):

II.well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADV

1. well (satisfactorily):

2. well (used with modal verbs):

it may well be that + subj

3. well (intensifier):

III.well1 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] INTERJ

I.good [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd] N

2. good (benefit):

III.good <comp better, superl best> [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd] ADJ

15. good (competent):

VI.good [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd] INTERJ

VII.good [Brit ɡʊd, Am ɡʊd]

personal best [ˌpəːsən(ə)l ˈbest] N

best in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for best in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

I.best [best] ADJ superl of good

1. best (the finest):

the best
all the best! inf as toast
for the best
to be at one's best
to get the best out of sb
to want the best

See also well2, well1, good

I.well1 <better, best> [wel] ADJ

II.well1 <better, best> [wel] ADV

III.well1 [wel] INTERJ (exclamation)

I.good <better, best> [gʊd] ADJ

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He was also a good hit-and-run man, and one of the best bunters in the league.
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The title track is a marvy little sing-along to the radio hit, as well as being one of the best tunes on the album.
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It is particularly useful for summing divergent asymptotic series, and in some sense gives the best possible sum for such series.
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In tensile testing, the best irons are able to undergo considerable elongation before failure.
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The jumping order is not available and the jumping series are only available for the best six jumpers.
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Many of the upper middle class regarded amateur theatre as at best a harmless pleasure with no particular moral or aesthetic merit.
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The school has successfully blended the best from both cultures to provide a nourishing and stimulating environment for young minds.
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Plain and simply stated, it turned out to be the best solution for all parties involved.
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He is best known as an original teacher on questions of syntax.
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Individually his best achievement was 31st place on the horizontal bar.
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