Most can be categorized as a noun, an adjective, an adverb and a pronoun.
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| most - 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" | ||
| most - (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" | ||
Adverb |
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| most - used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake" | ||
| most - very; "a most welcome relief" | ||
Noun |
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| much - a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity" |
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| 1. | adj. | Made the most money he could. | |
| 2. | adj. | What attracts the most attention? | |
| 3. | adj. | Made the most of a bad deal. | |
| 4. | adj. | Who has the most apples? | |
| 5. | adj. | Most people like eggs. | |
| 6. | adj. | Most fishes have fins. | |
| 7. | adj. | Most people haven't gone to work the last few days, although it seems that the rest of Baghdad is 'normal' (if you can define what normal is). | |
| 8. | adj. | Mosques are calling for donating blood, food, and medicine for Fallujah, and several convoys have already headed out for Fallujah, most of them returned later though. | |
| 9. | adj. | There was a soothing authoritative UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ) report in 2000 on the health effects of Chernobyl confirming that there was no scientific evidence of any significant radiation-related health effects to most people exposed. | |
| 10. | adj. | All this is highly unlikely, as with most al-Qaeda crackpot schemes. | |
| 11. | adj. | It is inevitable that most Iraqi Shiites will side with their Hizbullah coreligionists against Israel, and it seems likely that Iraqi Shiites will get rich enough from Iraqi petroleum sales in the future that they will be in a good position to bankroll Lebanese Shiite radicals. | |
| 12. | adj. | While most U.S. secretaries of state -- save perhaps Dean Rusk -- have gobbled up credit for outcomes that they had little to do with, few have been as brazen as Colin Powell. | |
| 13. | adj. | The U.S. State Department and the misnamed think tanks that follow its lead have held numerous conferences on Kashmir and, in most of them, the solution that has emerged is a valley prized loose from Indian control and under its own version of Ibrahim Rugova. | |
| 14. | adj. | As most of them have few technical skills, and the Andamans have little demand for them in any case, they turn to smuggling and other unlawful activities. | |
| 15. | adj. | Most of those making the charges have even flip-flopped, contradicting themselves. | |
| 16. | adv. | The king cobra is the most dangerous snake. | |
| 17. | adv. | A most welcome relief. | |
| 18. | adv. | Elena's motorcycle tour through the region around Chernobyl has revived interest in one of the most serious nuclear disasters in history. | |
| 19. | adv. | One of the most widespread myths of recent times is that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in 1986 caused many thousands of extra cancer deaths in neighbouring regions, and that public health has been severely affected by exposure to radiation. | |
| 20. | adv. | I would be interested in hearing what conclusions you reached and what you found that was most convincing. | |
| 21. | adv. | On South Andaman, the most heavily populated island, is Port Blair, which is the capital and the only large town in the entire archipelago. | |
| 22. | adv. | But he suffers the severe effects of the aftermath, and we are all suffering along with him now, since he is the most powerful man in the world. | |
| 23. | adv. | "It was about how he could humiliate her the most," prosecutor Dean Mandros said in closing arguments. | |
| 24. | adv. | Now, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs has been added to the FBI's list of "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives," a move that caps law enforcement's dramatic change of approach toward the polygamous group in recent years...[because of] the impact that the group's practices, law enforcement officials say, are having on the most vulnerable within the sect, particularly children and women. | |
| 25. | adv. | Here is a thought: When the appartently cognitively functional take actions that seem senseless and incompetent, it is a most certain sign that they have ulterior or hidden motives. | |
| 26. | adv. | One man's relentless search for his missing son led him to uncover one of the most shocking crimes in post-war Italy - a tale of satanism and violence that has gripped the country for more than a year. | |
| 27. | adv. | Fabio and his friends were into the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story. | |
| 28. | adv. | ... the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story. | |
| 29. | adv. | When the apparently cognitively functional take actions that seem senseless and incompetent, it is a most certain sign that they have ulterior or hidden motives. | |
| 30. | adv. | Also, I'm quite clear on the fact that those in power now (and, in general, most anyone at the top of a pyrimidal power structure) tend to use the dominant religion as a cloak to hide their true motivations and as a tool to control the masses. | |
| 31. | noun | They did much for humanity. | |
| 32. | noun | For much of 2005, you'll be putting your nose to the grindstone. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| Made the most money he could. |
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| What attracts the most attention? |
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| Made the most of a bad deal. |
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| Who has the most apples? |
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| Most people like eggs. |
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| Most fishes have fins. |
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| Most people haven't gone to work the last few days, although it seems that the rest of Baghdad is 'normal' (if you can define what normal is). |
|
| Mosques are calling for donating blood, food, and medicine for Fallujah, and several convoys have already headed out for Fallujah, most of them returned later though. |
|
| There was a soothing authoritative UNSCEAR (United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ) report in 2000 on the health effects of Chernobyl confirming that there was no scientific evidence of any significant radiation-related health effects to most people exposed. |
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| All this is highly unlikely, as with most al-Qaeda crackpot schemes. |
|
| It is inevitable that most Iraqi Shiites will side with their Hizbullah coreligionists against Israel, and it seems likely that Iraqi Shiites will get rich enough from Iraqi petroleum sales in the future that they will be in a good position to bankroll Lebanese Shiite radicals. |
|
| While most U.S. secretaries of state -- save perhaps Dean Rusk -- have gobbled up credit for outcomes that they had little to do with, few have been as brazen as Colin Powell. |
|
| The U.S. State Department and the misnamed think tanks that follow its lead have held numerous conferences on Kashmir and, in most of them, the solution that has emerged is a valley prized loose from Indian control and under its own version of Ibrahim Rugova. |
|
| As most of them have few technical skills, and the Andamans have little demand for them in any case, they turn to smuggling and other unlawful activities. |
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| Most of those making the charges have even flip-flopped, contradicting themselves. |
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| adv. | |
| The king cobra is the most dangerous snake. |
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| A most welcome relief. |
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| Elena's motorcycle tour through the region around Chernobyl has revived interest in one of the most serious nuclear disasters in history. |
|
| One of the most widespread myths of recent times is that the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in 1986 caused many thousands of extra cancer deaths in neighbouring regions, and that public health has been severely affected by exposure to radiation. |
|
| I would be interested in hearing what conclusions you reached and what you found that was most convincing. |
|
| On South Andaman, the most heavily populated island, is Port Blair, which is the capital and the only large town in the entire archipelago. |
|
| But he suffers the severe effects of the aftermath, and we are all suffering along with him now, since he is the most powerful man in the world. |
|
| "It was about how he could humiliate her the most," prosecutor Dean Mandros said in closing arguments. |
|
| Now, FLDS leader Warren Jeffs has been added to the FBI's list of "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives," a move that caps law enforcement's dramatic change of approach toward the polygamous group in recent years...[because of] the impact that the group's practices, law enforcement officials say, are having on the most vulnerable within the sect, particularly children and women. |
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| Here is a thought: When the appartently cognitively functional take actions that seem senseless and incompetent, it is a most certain sign that they have ulterior or hidden motives. |
|
| One man's relentless search for his missing son led him to uncover one of the most shocking crimes in post-war Italy - a tale of satanism and violence that has gripped the country for more than a year. |
|
| Fabio and his friends were into the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story. |
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| ... the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story. |
|
| When the apparently cognitively functional take actions that seem senseless and incompetent, it is a most certain sign that they have ulterior or hidden motives. |
|
| Also, I'm quite clear on the fact that those in power now (and, in general, most anyone at the top of a pyrimidal power structure) tend to use the dominant religion as a cloak to hide their true motivations and as a tool to control the masses. |
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| They did much for humanity. |
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| For much of 2005, you'll be putting your nose to the grindstone. |
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