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6 ADV [ADV after v] If you like something best or like it the best , you prefer it. □  The thing I liked best about the show was the music. □  Mother liked it best when Daniel got money. □  What was the role you loved the best?

7Best is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with 'good' and 'well'. For example, the superlative of 'well-known' is 'best-known'.

8 → see also second best , Sunday best

9 CONVENTION You can say ' All the best ' when you are saying goodbye to someone, or at the end of a letter. [FORMULAE ] □  Wish him all the best, and tell him we miss him.

10 PHRASE You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned. □  It was comfortable and cheap: best of all, most of the rent was being paid by two American friends.

11 PHRASE If someone does something as best they can , they do it as well as they can, although it is very difficult. □  The older people were left to carry on as best they could.

12 PHRASE You use at best to indicate that even if you describe something as favourably as possible or if it performs as well as it possibly can, it is still not very good. □  This policy, they say, is at best confused and at worst non-existent.

13 PHRASE If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can. □  I'll do my best to find out. □  It wasn't her fault, she was trying her best to help.

14 PHRASE If you say that something is for the best , you mean it is the most desirable or helpful thing that could have happened or could be done, considering all the circumstances. □  Whatever the circumstances, parents are supposed to know what to do for the best.

15 PHRASE If two people are the best of friends , they are close friends, especially when they have had a disagreement or fight in the past. □  Still, it isn't long before the two rivals become the best of friends.

16 PHRASE If you say that a particular person knows best , you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people. □  He was convinced that doctors and dentists knew best.

17 PHRASE If you make the best of something, you accept an unsatisfactory situation cheerfully and try to manage as well as you can. In British English, you can also say that you make the best of a bad job . □  …the virtues of good hard work, and making the best of what you have.

18to the best of your ability → see ability

19to hope for the best → see hope

20to the best of your knowledge → see knowledge

21best of luck → see luck

22the best part → see part ➊

23at the best of times → see time

24the best of both worlds → see world

bes|tial /be stiəl, [AM ] -stʃəl/ ADJ If you describe behaviour or a situation as bestial , you mean that it is very unpleasant or disgusting. □  …the bestial conditions into which the city has sunk.

bes|ti|al|ity /be stiæ l I ti, [AM ] -tʃæ l-/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Bestiality is disgusting behaviour. [FORMAL ] □  It is shocking that humans can behave with such bestiality towards others.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Bestiality is sexual activity in which a person has sex with an animal.

best|ie /be stiː/ (besties ) N‑COUNT Your bestie is your best friend. [INFORMAL ] □  She spent the day hanging out with her bestie.

be st ma n N‑SING The best man at a wedding is the man who assists the bridegroom.

be st of bree d (best of breeds ) also best-of-breed