most

Meanings

Adverb

• To a great extent or degree; highly; very.
• Superlative of many
• Superlative of much
• Almost.

Pronoun

• The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.

Noun

• The greatest amount.
• The greater part.
• A record-setting amount.

Related

Similar words

• more than half of , almost all
• the majority of
• the majority

Origin

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