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had best

had best verb: had better.

Verb

had best

  1. (auxiliary, modal) Had better.

had best meaning in Malayalam

had best in Malayalam

ought to, should
തീർച്ചയായും ചെയ്യേണ്ടിയിരിക്കുക, ആവശ്യമായിരിക്കുക, വേണ്ടതായിരിക്കുക, വേണ്ടിരിക്കുക

Words formed from had best

Questions about had best

What does had best mean?
Had best means had better.
What is had best in Malayalam?
Had best in Malayalam is തീർച്ചയായും ചെയ്യേണ്ടിയിരിക്കുക, ആവശ്യമായിരിക്കുക, വേണ്ടതായിരിക്കുക. See Had best meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is had best?
Had best is a verb.

Words near had best in the dictionary

  1. had another think coming
  2. had at
  3. had bats in one's belfry
  4. had been around
  5. had been around the block
  6. had best
  7. had better
  8. had blood on one's hands
  9. had butterflies in one's stomach
  10. had designs on
  11. had done with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: had best (page history and authors); had best (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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