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The majority of; much of; > 50%. She does the most cleaning, but the least cooking. The largest amount of. Bob knows the most about cooking.

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Having the largest amount of a characteristic in a group. You must ask yourself what is most important. Tony is the most successful. To a large degree; very. That is most unusual.

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used to form the superlative the king cobra is the most dangerous snake (superlative of 'many' used with count nouns and often preceded by 'the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number who has the most apples? most people like eggs most fishes have fins very a most welcome relief the superlative of 'much' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by 'the'; a quantifier meaning the greatest in amount or extent or degree made the most money he could what attracts the most attention? made the most of a bad deal (= about, almost, nearly, near, nigh, virtually, well-nigh) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but the job is (just) about done the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded we're almost finished the car all but ran her down he nearly fainted talked for nigh onto 2 hours the recording is well-nigh perfect virtually all the parties signed the contract I was near exhausted by the run most everyone agrees

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Most people have great disinclinations to get out of bed early, even if they have to.
Most people only want to hear their own truth.
This is the most beautiful sight that I have ever seen.
It is her eldest daughter that he loves most.
She was different from most women in the neighborhood, for she was able to read and write.
Madrid is one of the most beautiful capitals in Europe.
Most big Japanese firms depend on exports.
Where was I when I needed myself most?
Most of the people in this town are on vacation.
Tom spent most days begging for money in front of tourist attractions.
Tom is one of the most talented people I know.
Although most of us think of the brain as a single structure, it is actually divided into two hemispheres.
The days most wasted are those during which we have not laughed.
Asia is the most populated continent in the world.
Most people think I'm crazy.
Most people write about their daily life.
Paris is the most beautiful city in the world.
Most scientific breakthroughs are nothing else than the discovery of the obvious.
Most schools were designed not to transform society, but to reproduce it.
When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.
The slowest one to make a promise is the most faithful one in keeping it.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Florence is the most beautiful city in Italy.
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
Winter is the most favorite season of mine.

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Understanding how the West beat the rest gives us an insight not just into the past but also into the future, and I think you'II agree, it helps answer the question that could be the most important of our time.
Ming China had an incontrovertible claim to be the most advanced civilization in the world.
Henry V himself became King at the age of 26, and was dead from dysentery by 35 - a reminder, by the way, that most history is made by young people.
And England was probably the most prosperous European country.
What they're building here in Nanjing is a fuII-scaIe replica of one of the treasure ships of admiral Zheng He - the most famous sailor in Chinese history, the man who very nearly turned the middle Kingdom into a global empire.
In England, the most important commercial centre in the country was almost completely autonomous.
Not even the most pretentious European court could match the Ming dynasty's authority.
In China, Imperial rule was implemented by a Confucian bureaucracy, recruited on the basis of perhaps the most terrifying set of exam papers in all history.
No doubt after nine long days shut in a shoebox, it was the most able, and the certainly most indefatigable, candidates who passed the imperial examination.
Ming China was the world's most sophisticated civilization by almost any measure.
Macartney brought with him ample tribute the most advanced scientific instruments, including the finest clocks that England could make.
The old headquarters of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank used to be described as the most luxurious building between the Suez canal and the Bering Strait.
You're like the smartest, best, most deserving elder this center has ever seen.
Most students did not want that either and they had to hide.
To make the most out of these huge areas the nomadic Arabs have neglected, we need big capitalist companies who possess great means.
On Christmas Eve 1847, after having resisted one of the most powerful countries on Earth for 15 years, the emir admitted defeat.
I believed in the new republic. And I still do. And I'm most certainly pro-Arab.
Most girls would kill for those.
They would have the most to gain from writing them.
You know the most important truth is the one that we feel in our hearts.
My house is the most chaotic, loudest place ever and sometimes I look around and I feel devastatingly alone.
I understand most of what you do is paper pushing, so I-I don't understand why you can't push our paper to the top of the pile.
Even his most recent photograph dates back to 30 years ago.
About 20 minutes at most.
But once you start to add it all up, the Director seems the most obvious suspect.
He used up most of his power in yesterday's battle.
Look, Professor, the truth is that out of all The Blessed I've met, you have the most.
So, here's the thing that makes most kids happy, but the teachers act like the peanut is the devil's bean.
Me and my crew hang out at the top of the slide so I can see what's going on in the whole yard, most of which I control.
You know, most kids didn't think bud's team was gonna win, but I did.
Most kids didn't think about that, which is why I got most kids to bet against them.
Because most scenes consisted of me going crazy. To some sort of hallucination.
He hated it the most when WOC united the North and South. So, if we were to join the WOC, won't it be definite that he will continue creating trouble for the Royal Family?
Aren't we a country of the most courteous people in the East?
Right now, protecting His Majesty is my most important job.
Your Majesty and I are the most typical type.
Right now, the most important matter is to deal with Gim Bong Gu as earliest as possible.
When I was undergoing assassination training, what was emphasized on the most was this. Expression management.
Yes. Didn't you say the reason why you bought the building was because someone said she found the rooftop there most comfortable?
And prepare the most luxurious ceremony and reception.

News and current affairs

In my view, the most powerful argument to justify today's high price of gold is the dramatic emergence of Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East into the global economy.
Most social democrats were in fact fiercely anti-communist.
Drones - unmanned aircraft that are remotely steered - have proven to be effective in killing a significant number of terrorists, including many of the most important leaders.
Pakistan remains a sanctuary for Al Qaeda and some of the world's other most dangerous terrorists.
The feature of the proposed pact that elicits the most excitement - its focus on regulatory barriers like mandatory product standards - should actually incite the greatest concern.
Indeed, our research shows that when mutual-recognition agreements include restrictive rules of origin, intra-regional trade increases - at the expense of trade with other countries - and that developing countries tend to suffer most.
The third and most damaging flaw, however, is that the spending cuts come in the wrong places.
Most of the weight will remain, and one's life prospects will have worsened significantly.
BEIJING - Before July 2007, most economists agreed that global imbalances were the most important threat to global growth.
Most economists failed to foresee the economic dynamics that actually led to the crisis, because they failed to pay enough attention to the rapid increase in US total debt.
The most important way to achieve both objectives is to increase exports by strengthening US competitiveness.
It is time for the Security Council to try to internationalize the most dangerous parts of the nuclear fuel cycle.
All too often, the fight is about turf, rather than about the most effective way to speed help to the poor.
And if you are really worried about that, gold might indeed be the most reliable hedge.
Most economic research suggests that gold prices are very difficult to predict over the short to medium term, with the odds of gains and losses being roughly in balance.
But, despite gold's heightened allure in the wake of an extraordinary run-up in its price, it remains a very risky bet for most of us.
Yet, history is unfair, and the US, despite its greater responsibility for today's global crisis, may emerge in better shape than most countries from the morass.
MOSCOW - Most people who know of me think of me as an information-technology expert, someone who probably lives in California and invests in edgy Internet start-ups.
In fact, my formal residence is in New York City, but I am about to spend most of the next five months in Russia, training to be a cosmonaut in Star City, just outside Moscow.
Two of them offset each other, but the third threatens what America needs most in the coming years: economic growth.
But what may be most important, particularly in the Arab and Islamic communities, is to end any acceptance of terrorism.

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