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# lowest

adjective (low, lower, lowest); superlative of low

«lowest» 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. Lowest means the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom. The lowest shelf is the one nearest the floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m1)
2. Lowest means the smallest in number or amount: the lowest score, price or temperature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m2)
3. Lowest means the quietest or deepest in sound: the lowest note. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m3)
4. Lowest can also describe a feeling, meaning the saddest or most hopeless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m4)

### In the lessons

picks the smallest number among several, such as the lowest score, price or temperature; or the bottom position; in science: the lowest temperature in a table, the lowest point of land; in music: the lowest note; in everyday life: the lowest price in the shop

### Examples

- Who got the lowest score: Ann, Ben or Cal? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x1)
- The lowest temperature this week was 2 degrees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x2)
- Find the difference between the highest and lowest prices. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x3)
- The books are on the lowest shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x4)
- The tuba plays the lowest notes in the band. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x5)
- The Dead Sea is the lowest place on land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x6)
- Put heavy boxes on the lowest shelf. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x7)
- Which bar on the graph is the lowest? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x8)
- Conn the Hundred Fighter, Ard-Ri’ of Ireland, was in the lowest spirits that can be imagined, for his wife was dead. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x9)

### Note

Asks for the smallest value in a list (the minimum). With «highest» it often points to taking away to find the range. Trap: in lists of negative temperatures, the lowest is the one furthest below zero (−8 is lower than −3). Use «the» before lowest; compare two with «lower».

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah this means the bottom level, as in the lowest story of the ark or the lowest part of a place. In Psalms and Lamentations it means the deepest place, such as the lowest dungeon or the lowest nether-world, from which God rescues a person. In the primary lessons: picks the smallest number among several, such as the lowest score, price or temperature; or the bottom position; in science: the lowest temperature in a table, the lowest point of land; in music: the lowest note; in everyday life: the lowest price in the shop

### Examples

- I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon. (Writings LAM.3.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x1)
- For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world. (Writings PSA.86.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x2)
- My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (Writings PSA.139.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/#x3)

### Note

Asks for the smallest value in a list (the minimum). With «highest» it often points to taking away to find the range. Trap: in lists of negative temperatures, the lowest is the one furthest below zero (−8 is lower than −3). Use «the» before lowest; compare two with «lower».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lowest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lowest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lowest.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «lowest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/lowest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lowest» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/lowest.html) on Mova free.