What does “most” mean?
- 1
determineralmost all of a group of people or things
Most students passed the exam.
- 2
adverbused to form the superlative of longer adjectives and adverbs
It was the most beautiful view I’ve ever seen.
- 3
pronounthe largest number or amount
Who scored the most in the game?
Most at a glance
- Part of speech
- determiner, adverb & pronoun
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /moʊst/ · MOHST
How to use “most” correctly
Say “most people,” not “the most people” or “most of people.” Use “most of” before “the,” “my,” etc.: “most of my friends.”
Common phrases with “most”
- most of the time
- at most
- make the most of sth
- most people
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
- least
- fewest
“most” is on these word lists
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- least determinerA2the smallest amount of something
- less determinerA2a smaller amount of something
- several determinerA2more than two but not very many
- all determinerA1the whole number or amount of something
- almost adverbA2very nearly but not completely
- any determinerA1some; used in questions and negative sentences
- billion numberA2the number 1,000,000,000; a thousand million
- both determinerA1the two people or things together