The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. There was wonderful food, good company, and, best of all, a jazz band. He wanted the best for his children – good schools, a nice house, and trips abroad.
Nothing is better than the best — this is a word for the absolute number one example of something. First recorded before 900; Middle English beste, Old English redneck spins betst, best; cognate with Dutch best, Old High German bezzist ( German best ), Old Norse bezt, Gothic batists; see better 1, -est 1 Borrowed from Middle English beste (whence modern English beast), from Old French beste, from Latin bēstia. Adv. adj. interj.
It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others. Its third-quarter guidance for both profit and sales, at the midpoint, also bested forecasts. Kim bested Allen in the primary with 27.4% of the vote to his 19.4%, with an online campaign poll conducted for Allen in July showing that likely voters still prefer Kim by 7 points. Last year, Sivanandan became the youngest girl to defeat a grandmaster in classical chess when she bested 60-year-old Peter Wells. A common ordinary seaman bests the great Inigo Montoya with the sword? That bests the S&P 500, which is up 15% and heading toward its weakest annual performance since 2022.