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4-letter words (3 found)

MOST,MOTS,TOMS,

3-letter words (6 found)

MOS,MOT,OMS,SOM,SOT,TOM,

2-letter words (6 found)

MO,OM,OS,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 15 words from most according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of most

most omst msot smot osmt somt mots omts mtos tmos otms toms msto smto mtso tmso stmo tsmo ostm sotm otsm tosm stom tsom

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Definitions and meaning of most

most

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mōst, IPA(key): /ˈməʊst/
  • (General American) enPR: mōst, IPA(key): /ˈmoʊst/
  • Rhymes: -əʊst

Etymology 1

From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic *maistaz, *maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).

Alternative forms

  • moste (obsolete)

Determiner

most

  1. superlative degree of much.
  2. superlative degree of many: the comparatively largest number of (construed with the definite article)
  3. superlative degree of many: the majority of; more than half of (construed without the definite article)
Synonyms
  • (superlative of much): more than half of (in meaning, not grammar), almost all
  • (superlative of many): the majority of (in meaning, not grammar)
Translations

Adverb

most (not comparable)

  1. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.
    Antonym: least
  2. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
  3. superlative degree of many (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
    Antonym: least
  4. superlative degree of much
Derived terms
Related terms
  • more
Translations

Adjective

most (not comparable)

  1. (slang, dated) The greatest; the best.

Pronoun

most

  1. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.
Synonyms
  • (greater part): the majority

Noun

most (usually uncountable, plural mosts)

  1. (uncountable) The greatest amount.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The greater part.
  3. (countable) A record-setting amount.
Usage notes
  • In the sense of record, used when the positive denotation of best does not apply.
Translations

Etymology 2

Reduction of almost.

Adverb

most (not comparable)

  1. (informal, chiefly US) Almost.
    • 1998, Bill Zehme, The Way You Wear Your Hat: And the Lost Art of Livin' (page 181)
      A well-daiquiried redhead eyed him from across the room at Jilly's one night in 1963 — although it could have been most any night ever […]
Translations

See also

  • Thesaurus:quantifier

References

  • “most”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • MOTs, MTSO, TMOs, Toms, mots, smot, toms

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mustum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmost]

Noun

most m (plural mosts or mostos)

  1. must (fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented)

Further reading

  • “most” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “most”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “most” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “most” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech most, from Proto-Slavic *mostъ (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmost]

Noun

most m inan (diminutive můstek or mostek or mostík)

  1. bridge

Declension

Derived terms

See also

  • lávka

Further reading

  • most in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • most in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • most in Internetová jazyková příručka

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin mustum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔst/
  • Hyphenation: most
  • Rhymes: -ɔst
  • Homophone: Most

Noun

most m (uncountable, diminutive mostje n)

  1. must (unfermented or partially fermented mashed grapes or rarely other fruits, an early stage in the production of wine)

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin mustum.

Noun

most m (plural mosts)

  1. must (unfermented grape juice or wine)

Hungarian

Etymology

From the earlier ma (“now”), which in modern Hungarian means “today” + -st. For the suffix, compare valamelyest.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoʃt]
  • Rhymes: -oʃt

Adverb

most

  1. now

Declension

It can be suffixed from its (otherwise folksy) variant mostan: mostantól (“from now on”), mostanra (“by now”), mostanig (“until now”), or the latter more commonly formed with -a-, mostanáig (“until now”):

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • most in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Noun

most m inan (diminutive mosćik)

  1. Superseded spelling of móst.

Declension

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

most

  1. Alternative form of must

Etymology 2

Verb

most

  1. second-person singular present indicative of moten (“to have to”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German most, must, from Latin mustum.

Noun

most m (definite singular mosten, indefinite plural moster, definite plural mostene)

  1. must, (unfermented) fruit juice, particularly grape juice

References

  • “most” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “most” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German most, must, from Latin mustum.

Noun

most m (definite singular mosten, indefinite plural mostar, definite plural mostane)

  1. must, (unfermented) fruit juice, particularly grape juice

References

  • “most” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *must.

Noun

most m

  1. must

Descendants

  • German: Most

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mȍstъ (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔst/
  • Rhymes: -ɔst
  • Syllabification: most

Noun

most m inan (diminutive mościk, augmentative mościsko)

  1. bridge (building over a river or valley)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • most in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • most in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mostъ (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /môːst/

Noun

mȏst m (Cyrillic spelling мо̑ст)

  1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mostъ (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɔst]

Noun

most m inan (genitive singular mosta, nominative plural mosty, genitive plural mostov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. bridge

Declension

Derived terms

  • mostík
  • mostný
  • mostový

Further reading

  • “most”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mostъ (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /móːst/

Noun

mọ̑st m inan

  1. bridge (construction or natural feature that spans a divide)

Inflection

Further reading

  • “most”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Volapük

Noun

most (nominative plural mosts)

  1. monster

Declension


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