MOST

I. adjective see: more Date: before 12th century greatest in quantity, extent, or degree , the majority of , II. adverb Date: before 12th century to the greatest or highest degree, to a very great degree , III. noun Date: 12th century the greatest amount , IV. pronoun Usage: singular or plural in construction Date: 13th century the greatest number or part , V. adverb Etymology: by shortening Date: circa 1584 al~ , Usage: Although considered by some to be unacceptable in all cases, ~ is often used to mean “al~” in both spoken and, to a lesser extent, written English to modify the adjectives all, every, and any; the pronouns all, everyone, everything, everybody, anyone, anything, and anybody; and the adverbs everywhere, anywhere, and always. Other uses of this sense of ~ are dialectal.