0 the biggest number or amount of; more than anything or anyone else: --
It should cost around $20, or $30 at the most.
You'll find her in the bar most every evening about six o'clock.
In this school, most of the children are from the Chinese community.
The department needs three more computers in order to work most effectively (= to work as effectively as possible).
Joanne is the most intelligent person I know.
The kids loved the fair, but they enjoyed the bumper cars most of all.
He wanted to do the most good he could with the $2,000, so he gave it to charity.
2 the biggest number or amount (of), or more than anything or anyone else; superlative ofmany or much: --
He argued his case most persuasively.
I like most vegetables.
Joanne is the most intelligent person I know.
Disney's latest production looks likely to be their most successful ever.
I like most vegetables but not cabbage.
Who's the most famous person you've ever interviewed on TV?