[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/best/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / best # best adjective (good, better, best); adverb (well, better, best); noun (the best); verb (best someone — rare) «best» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Better than all others: "the best player". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#m1) 2. In the most suitable way: "Do what works best." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#m2) 3. "Your best" means the most you can do: "Try your best." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#m3) 4. Most liked: "my best friend". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths, "best" means comparing and choosing the top one; in maths problems "best buy" means the most for your money. In everyday life: do your best, best friend. Phrases: best friend, do your best, at best, the best of, best wishes, all the best, make the best of. ### Examples - She is my best friend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x1) - Try your best on the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x2) - This is the best cake I have ever had. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x3) - Which shop has the best price? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x4) - Who runs best in our class? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x5) - All the best for your birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x6) - Make the best of a rainy day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x7) - Red is the colour I like best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x8) - However, I will do my best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/#x9) ### Note "Best" is the superlative of both "good" and "well". Use "the" before it: "the best". Compare two with "better", three or more with "best". "Best before" on food shows the date until it is best to eat. ## In Jewish tradition Interpretation: Pharaoh gave Jacob's family "the best of the land," Goshen. A runaway slave was to live "where it liketh him best," showing the Torah's care for the weak. In the primary lessons: In maths, "best" means comparing and choosing the top one; in maths problems "best buy" means the most for your money. In everyday life: do your best, best friend. Phrases: best friend, do your best, at best, the best of, best wishes, all the best, make the best of. ### Examples - the land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell. (Torah GEN.47.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/#x1) - he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best; thou shalt not wrong him. (Torah DEU.23.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/#x2) - And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. (Torah GEN.47.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/#x3) - And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. (Prophets 1SA.8.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/#x4) - look ye out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.' (Prophets 2KI.10.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/#x5) - Behold, Thou hast made my days as hand-breadths; and mine age is as nothing before Thee; surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. (Writings PSA.39.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/#x6) ### Note "Best" is the superlative of both "good" and "well". Use "the" before it: "the best". Compare two with "better", three or more with "best". "Best before" on food shows the date until it is best to eat. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «best» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/best/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«best» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/best.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «best» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/best/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«best» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/best.html) on Mova free.