English search results for: best
#1
adverb
Definitions:
- best
- better
- well, very, quite, rightly, agreeably, cheaply, in good style
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
Definitions:
- excel, surpass, be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to)
- prevail
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3
adjective
Definitions:
- first, foremost/best, chief, principal
- nearest/next
- [in primis => especially]
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#4
adverb
Definitions:
- above/before all
- chiefly, principally, especially
- eminently
- in best way
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Frequent, top 2000+ words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#5
adverb
Definitions:
- above/before all
- chiefly, principally, especially
- eminently
- in best way
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Frequent, top 2000+ words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#6
verb
- conjugation: 1st conjugation
Definitions:
- excel, surpass, be outstanding/superior/best/greater/preferable (to)
- prevail
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#7
adjective
Definitions:
- (bonus SUPER)
- best
- highest
- ideal
- most apt/wise/noble/kind/loyal
- strongest
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#8
adverb
Definitions:
- (SUPER of bene)
- best
- certainly!
- most satisfactorily/aptly/wisely/favorably
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#9
adverb
Definitions:
- at right/better/best time, seasonably
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#10
adjective
Definitions:
- distinct
- outstanding/exceptional/remarkable
- selected/choice (best victim)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#11
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- bolet
- mushroom (best kind)
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
Agriculture, Flora, Fauna, Land, Equipment, Rural
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#12
adverb
Definitions:
- at right/better/best time, seasonably
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#13
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- little flower, floweret
- the best of anything, the "flower"
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
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Source:
General, unknown or too common to say
#14
noun
Definitions:
- (Greek)
- best, top
- elementary
- first, foremost
- initial
- prime
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Age:
Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
Greece
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
William Whitaker’s personal guess
#15
adverb
Definitions:
- above/before all
- chiefly, principally, especially
- eminently
- in best way
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#16
adverb
Definitions:
- above/before all
- chiefly, principally, especially
- eminently
- in best way
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#17
adjective
Definitions:
- kept for special occasions (clothes), Sunday best
- [~ vestis => state dress]
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#18
adjective
Definitions:
- (also called Venereus)
- best throw in dice
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#19
noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: neuter
Definitions:
- best kind of nuts
- best throw in dice
- princely robe
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
2 or 3 citations
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#20
adverb
Definitions:
- with best reasons?
- with better reason
- with good reason
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Age:
In use throughout the ages/unknown
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Area:
All or none
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Geography:
All or none
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Frequency:
Appears only in Pliny’s “Natural History”
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Source:
“Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)