(forming superlatives)

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• -most — a suffixal use of most found in a series of superlatives, as in utmost, foremost. {Middle English most; replacing Middle English and Old English mest, a double superlative suffix, from ma + est, both forming superlatives} …  

• least — adverb /liːst/ Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding est. It was the least surprising thing. Ant: most …   Wiktionary

• -est — (forming superlatives of adjectives and adverbs) see er and est forms …   Modern English usage

• -most — [mōst] [ME, altered (after MOST) < mest < OE < older superl. suffixes, ma + est] suffix forming superlatives [hindmost] …   English World dictionary

• Comparative and superlative adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to indicate that something has more of a quality than something else, or more than it used to have. The comparative of an adjective is formed by adding er , as in smaller , or by… …   Useful english dictionary

• comparative and superlative adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to indicate that something has more of a quality than something else, or more than it used to have. The comparative of an adjective is formed by adding er , as in smaller , or by… …   Useful english dictionary

• Comparative adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to indicate that something has more of a quality than something else, or more than it used to have. The comparative of an adjective is formed by adding er , as in smaller , or by… …   Useful english dictionary

• comparative adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to indicate that something has more of a quality than something else, or more than it used to have. The comparative of an adjective is formed by adding er , as in smaller , or by… …   Useful english dictionary

• superlative adjectives — ◊ GRAMMAR comparative adjectives Comparative adjectives are used to indicate that something has more of a quality than something else, or more than it used to have. The comparative of an adjective is formed by adding er , as in smaller , or by… …   Useful english dictionary

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

• Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …   Universalium