No. 93 in Afrikaans
meeste
"Meeste" means "most" in English.
In a sentence
Die meeste mense hou van vakansie hou by die see.
Most people enjoy spending holidays at the beach.
This sentence uses 'meeste' as a quantifier to mean 'most' in terms of majority of people.
Hy het sy werk met die meeste noukeurigheid voltooi.
He completed his work with the utmost precision.
Here, 'meeste' intensifies the descriptive word 'nouwkeurigheid' and translates to 'utmost' simplicity or precision.
Die span met die meeste punte wen die wedstryd.
The team with the most points wins the match.
In this sentence, 'meeste' functions as a superlative adjective indicating the greatest amount or number in a comparison among teams.
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