best

意味: 最良のもの

例文: June declared this muffin the best ever.
    ジューンはこのマフィンを史上最高と宣言した。

定義: ある人がなしうる最高の努力

コロケーション:

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: the supreme effort one can make
Noun: the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
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
Adjective: (superlative of `good’) having the most positive qualities
Adjective: (comparative and superlative of `well’) wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable
Adjective: having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
Adjective: having the normally expected amount
Adjective: morally admirable
Adjective: deserving of esteem and respect
Adjective: promoting or enhancing well-being
Adjective: agreeable or pleasing
Adjective: of moral excellence
Adjective: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
Adjective: thorough
Adjective: with or in a close or intimate relationship
Adjective: financially sound
Adjective: most suitable or right for a particular purpose
Adjective: resulting favorably
Adjective: exerting force or influence
Adjective: capable of pleasing
Adjective: appealing to the mind
Adjective: in excellent physical condition
Adjective: tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health
Adjective: not forged
Adjective: not left to spoil
Adjective: generally admired
Adverb: in a most excellent way or manner
Adverb: it would be sensible
Adverb: from a position of superiority or authority
Adverb: (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well’)
Adverb: thoroughly or completely; fully; often used as a combining form; ; ; ; ; ,
Adverb: indicating high probability; in all likelihood
Adverb: (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully
Adverb: to a suitable or appropriate extent or degree
Adverb: favorably; with approval
Adverb: to a great extent or degree
Adverb: with great or especially intimate knowledge
Adverb: with prudence or propriety
Adverb: with skill or in a pleasing manner
Adverb: in a manner affording benefit or advantage
Adverb: in financial comfort
Adverb: without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

Noun: they did their best
Noun: he could beat the best of them
Verb: the goal was to best the competition
Adjective: the best film of the year
Adjective: the best solution
Adjective: the best time for planting
Adjective: wore his best suit
Adjective: it would be better to speak to him
Adjective: the White House thought it best not to respond
Adjective: good news from the hospital
Adjective: a good report card
Adjective: when she was good she was very very good
Adjective: a good knife is one good for cutting
Adjective: this stump will make a good picnic table
Adjective: a good check
Adjective: a good joke
Adjective: a good exterior paint
Adjective: a good secretary
Adjective: a good dress for the office
Adjective: gives full measure
Adjective: gives good measure
Adjective: a good mile from here
Adjective: all respectable companies give guarantees
Adjective: ruined the family’s good name
Adjective: an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries
Adjective: the beneficial effects of a temperate climate
Adjective: the experience was good for her
Adjective: we all had a good time
Adjective: good manners
Adjective: a genuinely good person
Adjective: a just cause
Adjective: an upright and respectable man
Adjective: adept in handicrafts
Adjective: an adept juggler
Adjective: an expert job
Adjective: a good mechanic
Adjective: a practiced marksman
Adjective: a proficient engineer
Adjective: a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
Adjective: the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
Adjective: had a good workout
Adjective: gave the house a good cleaning
Adjective: a good friend
Adjective: my sisters and brothers are near and dear
Adjective: a good investment
Adjective: a secure investment
Adjective: a good time to plant tomatoes
Adjective: the right time to act
Adjective: the time is ripe for great sociological changes
Adjective: it’s a good thing that I wasn’t there
Adjective: it is good that you stayed
Adjective: it is well that no one saw you
Adjective: all’s well that ends well
Adjective: the law is effective immediately
Adjective: a warranty good for two years
Adjective: the law is already in effect (or in force)
Adjective: good looks
Adjective: good music
Adjective: a serious book
Adjective: good teeth
Adjective: I still have one good leg
Adjective: a sound mind in a sound body
Adjective: beneficial effects of a balanced diet
Adjective: a good night’s sleep
Adjective: the salutary influence of pure air
Adjective: a good dollar bill
Adjective: the meat is still good
Adjective: good taste
Adverb: he played best after a couple of martinis
Adverb: you’d best stay at home
Adverb: father knows best
Adverb: I know better.
Adverb: the children behaved well
Adverb: a task well done
Adverb: the party went well
Adverb: he slept well
Adverb: a well-argued thesis
Adverb: a well-seasoned dish
Adverb: a well-planned party
Adverb: the baby can walk pretty good
Adverb: The problem is well understood
Adverb: she was well informed
Adverb: shake well before using
Adverb: in order to avoid food poisoning be sure the meat is well cooked
Adverb: well-done beef
Adverb: well-satisfied customers
Adverb: well-educated
Adverb: I might well do it
Adverb: a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster
Adverb: you may well need your umbrella
Adverb: he could equally well be trying to deceive us
Adverb: a book well worth reading
Adverb: was well aware of the difficulties ahead
Adverb: suspected only too well what might be going on
Adverb: the project was well underway
Adverb: the fetus has well developed organs
Adverb: his father was well pleased with his grades
Adverb: their neighbors spoke well of them
Adverb: he thought well of the book
Adverb: I’m afraid the film was well over budget
Adverb: painting the room white made it seem considerably (or substantially) larger
Adverb: the house has fallen considerably in value
Adverb: the price went up substantially
Adverb: we knew them well
Adverb: You would do well to say nothing more
Adverb: could not well refuse
Adverb: she dances well
Adverb: he writes well
Adverb: she married well
Adverb: The children were settled advantageously in Seattle
Adverb: They live well
Adverb: she has been able to live comfortably since her husband died
Adverb: took the joke well
Adverb: took the tragic news well

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Best, C. H. Best, Charles Herbert Best, adept, advantageously, beneficial, best, better, comfortably, considerably, dear, dependable, easily, effective, estimable, expert, full, good, honest, honorable, in effect, in force, intimately, just, near, outdo, outflank, practiced, proficient, respectable, right, ripe, safe, salutary, scoop, secure, serious, skilful, skillful, sound, substantially, topper, trump, undecomposed, unspoiled, unspoilt, upright, well

Antonyms(反意語): bad, badly, disadvantageously, evil, ill, worst

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attempt, beat, person

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, african, agnostic, amateur, amerindian, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, batting, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, bid, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, cheat, checkmate, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, contestant, contribution, convert, copycat, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crack, crawler, cream, creator, creature, creditor, cripple, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, divider, domestic partner, double, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, eliminate, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, essay, ethnic, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, female, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, foray, free agent, friend, fugitive, gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, get the best, get the jump, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immobilize, immune, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, insured, intellectual, interpreter, introvert, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, left-hander, leo, liberation, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, masturbator, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mug’s game, mutilator, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, nude, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdo, outdoorsman, outfight, outplay, outpoint, overcome, overpower, owner, pamperer, pansexual, pardoner, partner, party, passer, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, planner, player, posturer, powderer, power play, precursor, preserver, primitive, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, seeking, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, shot, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spread-eagle, spurner, squinter, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, striving, struggle, struggler, subject, supernumerary, surpass, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, takeover attempt, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, test, testator, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk over, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, white, whomp, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, worker, worldling, worst, yawner

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): outmaneuver

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: adept, adeptness, benefit, best, dependableness, expertness, goodness, honor, honorableness, justness, proficiency, respectability, safeness, security, skillfulness, soundness, top, uprightness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): est

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検5級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories:

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