best in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.best [Am bɛst, Brit bɛst] ADJ

best superl of good

best
he was (the) best
the best things in life are free prov
“best before July 29”

II.best [Am bɛst, Brit bɛst] ADV

III.best [Am bɛst, Brit bɛst] N

1.1. best + sing vb:

best
to do or try one's (level) best
he gave of his best form

See also well2, well1, good, better

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

1. well (to high standard, satisfactorily):

2. well (thoroughly):

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

III.well1 [Am wɛl, Brit wɛl] INTERJ

I.good <comp better, superl best> [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] ADJ The usual translation of good, bueno, becomes buen when it precedes a masculine singular noun.

1. good food/quality/book/school:

8.2. good (kind):

your good lady Brit dated or hum

10. good (pleasant):

13.1. good (skilled, competent):

II.good [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] N

2.1. good U (benefit):

3.1. good <goods, pl > (merchandise):

mercaderías fpl AmS
géneros mpl de punto Spain

III.good [Am ɡʊd, Brit ɡʊd] ADV

I.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] ADJ

1.1. better quality/doctor/method/price:

II.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] ADV

III.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] N

IV.better [Am ˈbɛdər, Brit ˈbɛtə] VB trans

I.second best [Am ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, Brit] ADJ

II.second best [Am ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, Brit] ADV

III.second best [Am ˌsɛkən(d) ˈbɛst, Brit] N U

personal best [ˌpərsən(ə)l ˈbest, ˌpəːsən(ə)l ˈbest] N

best-laid [Am ˌbɛstˈleɪd, Brit ˈbɛstleɪd] ADJ

best-known [Am ˌbɛstˈnoʊn, Brit ˈbɛstnəʊn] ADJ

best-before date [bɛstbɪˈfɔː deɪt] N

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See also well2, well1, good

I.well2 [wel] N (hole for water etc.)

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

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

III.well1 [wel] better, best better, best INTERJ (exclamation)

I.good [gʊd] better, best ADJ

II.good [gʊd] better, best N no pl

III.good [gʊd] better, best ADV

IV.good [gʊd] better, best INTERJ

Sunday best N, Sunday clothes N pl

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He is best known as an original teacher on questions of syntax.
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The recall affects the medium jar of the paste, batch number 5014 with best before date 01/2017 and batch numbers 5111 and 5112 with best before date 04/2017.
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Statistically, his best season was his junior year (199394), when he averaged 10.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game.
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Even the exterior door skeleton keys are still present and functional, which are to the best of the owner's knowledge, original sets.
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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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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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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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His long-term view was that deflation would, in any case, be the best way to help the economy.
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Individually his best achievement was 31st place on the horizontal bar.
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Extensive program options enable the system to be customized to look and operate in a way that best fits the needs of the institution.
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