{
    "term": "best",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "of the most excellent type or quality",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That's the best movie I've ever seen!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He wrote his best songs before he was 25."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **one of the best** tennis players of her generation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is that your best suit?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They've been **best friends** *(= closest friends)* since they were children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company’s **best-ever** results"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We want the kids to have the **best possible** education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is by far the best restaurant in the town."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We aim to give our guests the very best attention."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Who in the class is best at history?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "consider something", "deem something"],
                "adverb": ["very", "by far", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "giving most pleasure; happiest",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Those were the best years of my life."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "consider something", "deem something"],
                "adverb": ["very", "by far", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "most suitable or appropriate",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's the best way to cook steak?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which is the best tool for this job?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **best thing** to do would be to apologize."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**It's best** if you go now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not in the best position to advise you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Owen judged it best to make no reply."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "consider something", "deem something"],
                "adverb": ["very", "by far", "easily"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/best/",
                "audio": "be/best/best__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/best/",
                "audio": "be/best/best__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English betest (adjective), betost, betst (adverb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German best, also to better."
}