WordNet is a semantic lexicon for the English language. It was created and is being maintained at the Cognitive Science Laboratory of Princeton University under the direction of psychology professor George A. Miller.
The purpose is twofold: to produce a combination of dictionary and thesaurus that is more intuitively usable, and to support automatic text analysis and artificial intelligence applications.
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1. NOUN. (best)
the supreme effort one can make
"they did their best"
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2. NOUN. (best)
the person who is most outstanding or excellent
someone who tops all others
"he could beat the best of them"
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3. NOUN. (best)
Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
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4. VERB. (best)
get the better of
"the goal was to best the competition"
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5. ADJ. (best)
(superlative of `good'') having the most positive qualities
"the best film of the year"
"the best solution"
"the best time for planting"
"wore his best suit"
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champion, prizewinning, finest, high-grade, top-quality, top-grade, first, foremost, world-class, go-to-meeting(a), Sunday-go-to-meeting(a), optimum, optimal, primo, record-breaking, second-best, superfine, unexcelled, unexceeded, unsurpassed, unsurpassable,
