Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

give one's best

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
give one's best
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To wish (someone) well

Transitive verb

verb

Synonym of give one's all.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

gives one's best (present, singular) giving one's best (participle, present) gave one's best (past) given one's best (participle, past)

Synonyms

give one's all go all out do one's best give full measure

Questions

What does give one's best mean?
To wish (someone) well

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