• (RP) enPR: mōst, IPA: /ˈməʊst/
• (GA) enPR: mōst, IPA: /ˈmoʊst/

1. superlative degree of much#English|much.

   The teams competed to see who could collect the most money.

2. superlative degree of many#English|many: the comparatively largest number of (ngd construed with the definite article)

   The team with the most points wins.

3. superlative degree of many#English|many: the majority of; more than half of (ngd construed without the definite article)

   Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early.

   Winning was not important for most participants.

• (superlative of much) more than half of (in meaning, not grammar), almost all
• (superlative of many) the majority of (in meaning, not grammar)

• French: la plupart de
• German: die meisten
• Italian: la maggioranza di, di più
• Portuguese: maioria
• Russian: большинство́
• Spanish: la mayoría de, muchos

most (not comparable)

1. Forms the superlative of many adjectives.

   Antonyms: least

   This is the most important example.

   Correctness is most important.

2. To a great extent or degree; highly; very.

   This is a most unusual specimen.

   • 1895, H. G. Wells, The Time Machine Chapter X

     Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing.

3. superlative form of many
4. superlative form of much

   Antonyms: least

• more

• Portuguese: maioria
• Russian: бо́льше всего́

• Portuguese: maioria
• Russian: бо́льше всего́

• French: le plus, la plus, les plus
• German: -ster, -ste, am ...-sten (adverbs)
• Italian: il più
• Portuguese: o/a/os/as mais
• Russian: наи-
• Spanish: el/la/lo más

• French: très, extrêmement
• Portuguese: muito, extremamente, -íssimo
• Russian: са́мый

1. The greater part of a group, especially a group of people.

   Most want the best for their children.

   The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most.

• (greater part) the majority

most (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) The greatest amount.

   The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.

2. (countable, uncountable) The greater part.

   Most of the penguins were friendly and curious.

   • 1892, Walter Besant, chapter III, in The Ivory Gate: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], OCLC 16832619 ↗:

     At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

   Most of the rice was spoiled.
3. (countable) A record-setting amount.

most (not comparable)

1. (informal, chiefly, US) Almost.
   • 2000, Jewish Baltimore: A Family Album ISBN 0801864275, page 159:

     "We walked there most every day after school."