Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make the most of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.72 in modern English

Syllables: make the -most of
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To realize the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you."
"Help me make the Most of freedom and of pleasure Nothing ever lasts forever Everybody wants to rule the world"
"But with the home side likewise unable to make the most of a period of first-half ascendancy, Villa were swift to make amends on the restart."
"How much time you have doesn’t matter, when you really care about someone, if you make the most of it."
"As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

makes the most of (present, singular) making the most of (participle, present) made the most of (participle, past) made the most of (past)

Synonyms

get the most out of

Questions

What does make the most of mean?: To realize the maximal value, worth, or potential of (something); to derive as much benefit or profit from (something) as is possible.

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