Best vs. Optimum
Bestadjective
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Bestadjective
Most; largest.
Bestadverb
To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety.
Bestnoun
(uncountable) The supreme effort one can make, or has made.
Bestnoun
(uncountable) One's best behavior.
Bestnoun
(countable) The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent.
Bestverb
To surpass in skill or achievement.
Bestverb
(transitive) To beat in a contest
Bestadjective
Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
Bestadjective
Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.
Bestadjective
Most; largest; as, the best part of a week.
Bestnoun
Utmost; highest endeavor or state; most nearly perfect thing, or being, or action; as, to do one's best; to the best of our ability.
Bestadverb
In the highest degree; beyond all others.
Bestadverb
To the most advantage; with the most success, case, profit, benefit, or propriety.
Bestadverb
Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.
Bestverb
To get the better of.
Bestnoun
the supreme effort one can make;
Bestnoun
the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others;
Bestnoun
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
Bestverb
get the better of;
Bestadjective
(superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities;
Bestadjective
(comparative and superlative of `well') wiser or more advantageous and hence advisable;
Bestadverb
in a most excellent way or manner;
Bestadverb
it would be sensible;
Bestadverb
from a position of superiority or authority;
Bestadjective
of the most excellent or desirable type or quality
Bestadjective
most enjoyable
Bestadjective
most appropriate, advantageous, or well advised
Bestadverb
to the highest degree; most (used with verbs suggesting a desirable action or state or a successful outcome)
Bestadverb
to the highest standard
Bestadverb
most appropriately or usefully
Bestnoun
that which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable
Bestnoun
the finest aspect of a person or thing
Bestnoun
the highest standard or level that someone or something can reach
Bestnoun
one's smartest or most formal clothes
Bestnoun
(in sport) a record performance
Bestnoun
written at the end of a letter to wish a person well
Bestverb
outwit or get the better of (someone)
Optimumnoun
The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
Optimumadjective
best or most advantageous; surpassing all others.
Optimum
Best possible or most desirable; - usually under a restriction expressed or implied; as, an optimum return on capital; optimum concentration of a drug; an optimum result.
Optimumnoun
The most favorable condition, greatest degree, or largest amount possible under given circumstances.
Optimumnoun
most favorable condition or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances
Optimumadjective
most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied;
