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"word": "inference to the best explanation"
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"word": "Sunday-best"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "sunlight is the best disinfectant"
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"word": "the best things in life are free"
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"word": "to the best of one's knowledge"
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"word": "wife's best friend"
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"word": "with the best"
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"word": "with the best of them"
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"word": "with the best will in the world"
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"source": "conjugation",
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},
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"form": "best",
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"word": "bestest"
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"glosses": [
"To surpass in skill or achievement."
],
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"ref": "1944 July and August, Charles E. Lee, “The \"City of Truro\"”, in Railway Magazine, pages 201–202",
"text": "The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm left New York on May 3 [1904], at 3.10 p.m. and reached Plymouth Sound on May 9 at 8 a.m. This was then a very fast crossing of the Atlantic, but it was not the record. The same ship had held the \"Blue Riband\" in 1902, but had been slightly bested by the Kaiser Wilhelm II, a larger vessel of the same line, in 1903, and that stood as the record until the Cunard Line secured the honours in 1909 with the Mauretania and held them for an unbroken period of 20 years.",
"type": "quotation"
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{
"ref": "2010, T. William Phillips, Restless Heart, page 16",
"text": "\"You did not win because I was sloppy. You bested me, Uncle. I've never seen you fight like that before.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To beat in a contest."
],
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"(transitive) To beat in a contest."
],
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛst"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vzemam vrǎh nad",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "вземам връх над"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "porazit"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "slaan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "overmeesteren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "verslaan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "overwinnen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "päihittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "battre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "vaincre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "surpasser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "enfoncer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "écraser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "aplatir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "dominer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "défaire"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "übertreffen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "besiegen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "schlagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "überlegen sein"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "superare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "dominare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "vincere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "battere"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "tārū"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "slå"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prevzojtí",
"sense": "to beat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "превзойти́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pobedítʹ",
"sense": "to beat",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "победи́ть"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "poraziť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "sobrepasar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "superar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "vencer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "rebasar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "derrotar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "aventajar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "besegra"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "aşmak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to beat",
"word": "geçmek"
}
],
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"best (disambiguation)"
],
"word": "best"
}
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English auxiliary verbs",
"English defective verbs",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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"English lemmas",
"English modal verbs",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɛst",
"Rhymes:English/ɛst/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Shortening of had best",
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"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's getting late. You best get on home.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1935, Edward Joseph O'Brien, John Cournos, editors, The Best British Short Stories of 1935, page 37",
"text": "'We best be going,' she said, looking at the clock.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Mary B. Morrison, Somebody's Gotta Be On Top",
"text": "Brother, you best be gone when I return.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"Had best."
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"(modal verb, colloquial) Had best."
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"verb"
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