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for best

for best prepositional phrase: for good; permanently.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (obsolete) for good; permanently
    • Those constitutions […] are now established for best, and not to be mended.1641 May, John Milton, Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC

Questions about for best

What does for best mean?
For best means for good; permanently.
What part of speech is for best?
For best is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for best in the dictionary

  1. for any sake
  2. for any sakes
  3. for as long as one can remember
  4. for beans
  5. for because
  6. for best
  7. for better or for worse
  8. for better or worse
  9. for better, for worse
  10. for Britain
  11. for cause

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