you can have of sb/sth,
or the best thing that can happen, when the situation is bad (
Their
response to the proposal was,
at best, cool. fMI
0
We can’t arrive before Friday at best. be
(all)
for the 'best used to say that although sth appears bad or
unpleasant now, it will be good in the end M : I don’t want you to leave,
but perhaps it’s for the best. itMSfWdfo the best
of a bad bunch (BrE also the best of a bad 'lot) {informal) a person or thing
that is a little better than the rest of a group, although none are verv good —
‘ ( the best of
‘three, ‘five, etc. (especially ih games
and sports jtfn up to three, five, etc. games played to decide who wins,
the winner being the person who wins most of them ) the best
that money can ' buy the very best ; ft ■&; ® :
We make sure our clients get the best that money can
buy. do, mean, etc. sth
for the 'best to do or say sth in
order to achieve a good result or to help sb jfy A (ft 0f)A & 7 it:
I just don’t know what to do for the best. It H # 7iff M ft" 'A it o 0
I’m sorry if my advice offended you— I meant it for the
best. 1 ?E7^>
SflilB
W, have/get the 'best of
sth to gain more advantage
from sth than sb else jⅈ £ ±M: I thought you had the best of that
discussion. £7~tMo make the
best of sth/it | make the best of things | make the
best of a bad job to accept a bad or difficult situation and do as well as you can to the best of your
‘knowledge/be'lief
as
far as you know $^A0r£fl ( $L 7 m) He never made a
will, to the best of my knowledge. naBfto, with the -best (of
them) as well as anyone 7 ItiiMA^:
He’ll be out there, dancing with the best of them,
—j more at bunch
n.,
hope v., luck
/?., Sunday
m verb [VN] [usually
passive] {formal) to defeat or be more successful than sb fJJBt;
J&i3t
best-be fore date noun {BrE) a date printed on a
container or package, advising you to use food or drink before this date as it
will not be of such good quality after that it# Jr( E7
' best boy noun the assistant to the
person in charge of the electrical equipment used when making a film/ movie ( ) mAShm
bes tial /'bestial; NAmE
‘bestjal/ adj. (formal) cruel and disgusting; of or like a beast |Xj ift; if H ift; if #
(ft; bestial
acts/cruelty/noises ^AAttiftfr
bes ti al ity /.besti'aelati; NAmE
,bestji-/ noun [U] 1 (technical A ip) sexual activity
between a human and an animal # (if 2 (formal) cruel or
disgusting behaviour
bes tiary /'bestiari; NAmE
-eri/ noun (pi. -ies) a collection of
descriptions of, or stories about, various types of animal, especially one
written in the Middle Ages ( %
) SMMtWft
bestir /bi'st3:(r)/ verb
(-rr-) [VN] ~ yourself formal or humorous)
to start doing things after a period during which you have been doing nothing A
if; Si ft ^ A Enn rouse
.best ‘man noun [sing.] a male friend
or relative of the bridegroom at
a wedding, who helps him during the wedding ceremony ^ ^ IH ;
# gp — compare bridesmaid
be stow /bi'stao; NAmE bi'stou/ verb
[VN] ~ sth (on/upon sb) formal) to give sth to sb,
especially to show how much they are respected ( ). £n"7, tx7, Mlp: It
was a title bestowed upon
him by the king. JPJiSHMin
best practice noun [u, C] a way of doing
sth that is seen as a very good example of how it should be done