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   most

   /məʊst/

   determiner

   • 1. greatest in amount, quantity, or degree: "they've had the most success"
   • ▪ the majority of; nearly all of: "most oranges are sweeter than these"

   pronoun

   • 1. the greatest amount or quantity: "we had the most to lose"
   • ▪ the greatest part; the majority: "I spent most of the winter on the coast"

   adverb

   • 1. forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than one syllable: "the most important event of my life"
   • 2. to the greatest extent: "the things he most enjoyed"
   • 3. extremely; very: "it was most kind of you"
   • 4. almost: informal North American "most everyone understood"

   Word Origin Old Englishmāst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meest and German meist.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

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