We found 36 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word best:
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 General (28 matching dictionaries)
- best: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- best: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- best: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- best: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- BEST, Best, best, the-best: Wordnik [home, info]
- best, best: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Best: Wiktionary [home, info]
- best: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- best: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- best: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- Best: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- best: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- best: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- best: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- best: Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms [home, info]
- B.E.S.T, BEST (Album), BEST, Best (Jellyfish album), Best (Kenny G album), Best (Mika Nakashima album), Best (compilation), Best (disambiguation), Best (surname), The Best (UK TV Series), The Best (song), The Best (t.A.T.u. Album), The Best: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Best: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- best: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- best: Rhymezone [home, info]
- best, best: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- best: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- Best: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [home, info]
- best: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- best: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- best: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- Best, best: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- Best: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- best: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Business (1 matching dictionary)
- best: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- Best: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
- best: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- BEST: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
- best: Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols [home, info]
- BEST: Acronym Finder [home, info]
- BEST: AbbreviationZ [home, info]
- best: Idioms [home, info]
(Note: See well for more definitions.)
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Quick definitions (best)
▸ noun: the supreme effort one can make ("They did their best")
▸ noun: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others ("He could beat the best of them")
▸ noun: Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
▸ verb: get the better of ("The goal was to best the competition")
▸ adjective: (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities ("The best film of the year")
▸ adverb: it would be sensible ("You'd best stay at home")
▸ adverb: in a most excellent way or manner ("He played best after a couple of martinis")
▸ adverb: from a position of superiority or authority ("Father knows best")
▸ name: A surname (common: 1 in 6250 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #737)
▸ Also see well
▸ U.S. pronunciation (credits)
▸ Word origin
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