English-Portuguese translations for most

• maioria
  A maioria deles não é convincente. Most of them are unconvincing.
  São, na sua grande maioria, mulheres.In most cases this means women.
  Tentarei cobrir a sua maioria. I will try to cover most of them.
• -íssimo
• extremamente
  Foi, na realidade, uma situação extremamente difícil.That was really most difficult.
  Este debate foi extremamente útil. This has been a most useful debate.
  Estes fenómenos são extremamente preocupantes. These developments are most worrying.
• muito
  Estamos muito gratos por isso. We are most grateful for that.
  Considero isto muito importante. I think that is most important.
  A sua resposta foi muito satisfatória. Your reply was most satisfactory.
• o/a/os/as mais
• o/a/os/as [[mais]]

Definition of most

• : the comparatively largest number of (
• : the majority of; more than half of (
• To a great extent or degree; highly; very
• The greater part of a group, especially a group of people
• The greatest amount
• The greater part
• A record-setting amount
• Almost

Synonyms

• half
• almost
• all
• majority

Examples

• The teams competed to see who could collect the most money
• The team with the most points wins
• Most bakers and dairy farmers have to get up early
• Winning was not important for most participants
• This is the most important example
• Correctness is most important
• This is a most unusual specimen
• Most want the best for their children
• The peach was juicier and more flavourful than most
• The most I can offer for the house is $150,000.
• Most of the penguins were friendly and curious
• Most of the rice was spoiled.

Related words

• almost
• utmost
• uttermost
• utmostly
• uttermostly
• mostly
• hindmost
• thermostat
• foremost