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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These include searching the tree depth-first, breadth-first, or best-first using some measure of desirability of solutions.
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The obvious corollary from this theorem is that the best among regular estimators are those with the second component identically equal to zero.
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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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He is best known as an original teacher on questions of syntax.
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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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She is one of four athletes in the field to throw over 20m this year with a personal best of 20.19m last month.
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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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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 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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He was also a good hit-and-run man, and one of the best bunters in the league.
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