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Comparative, comparative degree – the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "`faster' is the comparative of the adjective `fast'"; "`less famous' is the comparative degree of the adjective `famous'"; "`more surely' is the comparative of the adverb `surely'" Superlative – an exaggerated expression (usually of praise); "the critics lavished superlatives on it" Beat, beat out, vanquish, trounce, crush, shell – come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game" Individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul – a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Attempt, effort, try, endeavor, endeavour – earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try" In a manner surpassing all others; most excellently, advantageously, attractively, etc
Best (third-person singular simple present bests, present participle besting, simple past and past participle bested) Worst – (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year" Finest, leading, top, chief, supreme, principal, first, foremost, superlative, pre-eminent, unsurpassed, most accomplished, most skilful, most excellent He was the best player in the world for most of the 1950s. Mr. Hoser beat him to the punch, and this provoked the bested professional to write an article complaining that amateur herpetologists took shortcuts.
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