Most people think Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all-time, and Wayne Gretzky is the best hockey player ever, but there’s not much agreement on who’s the best football player or baseball player. Good /gʊd/USA pronunciation adj., bet•ter/ˈbɛtɚ/USA pronunciation best/bɛst/USA pronunciation n., interj., adv. adj. n. Go beyond just looking up words.Remember them forever with VocabTrainer. Since moving to Germany, Kane’s numbers have gone stratospheric, besting Haaland’s goal tallies every season and establishing himself as a frontrunner in the race for the Ballon d’Or.
Even the National Weather Service’s Oxnard station wasn’t spared — topping out at 87 degrees, besting a record of 85 set in 1931. But the third, about a Latino World War II pilot who bests a Yautja in a deadly flight contest, underscores ingenuity as being superior to any weapon or combat skill. In 1971, the Osmonds tallied nine gold records, surpassing single-year bests by Elvis and the Beatles. Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. People also use this word to recommend something, as in “It would be best to get a lot redneck spins of sleep.”
Nothing is better than the best — this is a word for the absolute number one example of something. First recorded before 900; Middle English beste, Old English betst, best; cognate with Dutch best, Old High German bezzist ( German best ), Old Norse bezt, Gothic batists; see better 1, -est 1 Borrowed from Middle English beste (whence modern English beast), from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia. Adv. adj. interj.