No. 395 in Hungarian
legmagasabb
"Legmagasabb" means "tallest" or "highest" in English.
In a sentence
A világ legmagasabb hegye a Mount Everest.
The tallest mountain in the world is Mount Everest.
In this sentence, 'legmagasabb' is used as the superlative form to describe the height of the mountain.
Ez a legmagasabb épület, amit valaha láttam.
This is the tallest building I have ever seen.
Here, 'legmagasabb' is applied in a superlative form to denote the building's height relative to the observer's experience.
A diák közül ő kapta a legmagasabb pontszámot.
Among the students, they received the highest score.
In this usage, 'legmagasabb' describes 'score' to signify the maximum value among a group.
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