Definition of the best/better/greater part of
- It took us the better part of a week to finish the job.
- We've been waiting for the best part of an hour.
- They live here for the greater part of the year.
: superlative of good
: excelling all others
: most productive of good : offering or producing the greatest advantage, utility, or satisfaction
: superlative of well
: in the best (see 1best) way : to greatest advantage
: the best (see 1best) state or part
: one that is best
: the greatest degree of good or excellence
: to get the better of : outdo
: had best (see 2best 1)
: comparative of good
: greater than half
: improved in health or mental attitude
: to make better (see 1better): such as
: to make more tolerable or acceptable
: to make more complete or perfect
: comparative of well
: in a more excellent manner
: to greater advantage : preferably
: had better (see 3better 1b)
: consisting of a central city together with adjacent areas that are naturally or administratively connected with it
: one of the often indefinite or unequal subdivisions into which something is or is regarded as divided and which together constitute the whole
: an essential portion or integral element
: one of several or many equal units of which something is composed or into which it is divisible : an amount equal to another amount
: to separate from or take leave of someone
: to take leave of one another
: to become separated into parts
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