0 past simple and past participle of best
1 to defeat someone in a fight or competition:
It is astonishing how some people who feel bested in an argument have to find other ways of venting their frustrations.
The producer is bested every time by the acuter brains who are making profits on the difference between what the farmer gets and what the consumer pays.
Cet shamed all comers by reminding them how he had bested them in combat.
Quinnipiac graduates bested the state-wide first-time pass rate of 88 percent.
She was found to be almost unbeatable as a performer under sail, being bested only by the wooden-hulled frigate.
He bested this by 1.1%, actually garnering 45.6% of the popular vote.
The team bested teams from 27 other universities.
While he posted 30 wins against them during his career, they bested him 36 times.
