lowest

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊ.ɪst/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈloʊ.ɪst/

Adjective

lowest

  1. superlative form of low: most low
    Yang says he remembers being able to see the glacier’s lowest edge from his home village. But that time has passed.
    • 1958 August, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:
      At the lowest point, a short length of tunnel was driven alongside the up line, with a cross passage, to serve as a sump and pump house for dealing with any accumulation of water.

Derived terms

Adverb

lowest

  1. superlative form of low: most low
    Whoever bends lowest will win the limbo tournament.

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