-MOST


Meaning of -MOST in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -moʊst ]

-most is added to adjectives in order to form other adjectives that describe something as being further in a particular direction than other things of the same kind.

...the topmost branches of the trees...

Many patients have told me their innermost thoughts.

...the northernmost suburbs of Chicago.

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