lowest
part of speech
adjective (low, lower, lowest); superlative of low
meaning for a pupil
1) Lowest means the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom. The lowest shelf is the one nearest the floor. tree →
2) Lowest means the smallest in number or amount: the lowest score, price or temperature. tree →
3) Lowest means the quietest or deepest in sound: the lowest note. tree →
4) Lowest can also describe a feeling, meaning the saddest or most hopeless. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah this means the bottom level, as in the lowest story of the ark or the lowest part of a place. In Psalms and Lamentations it means the deepest place, such as the lowest dungeon or the lowest nether-world, from which God rescues a person. In the primary lessons: picks the smallest number among several, such as the lowest score, price or temperature; or the bottom position; in science: the lowest temperature in a table, the lowest point of land; in music: the lowest note; in everyday life: the lowest price in the shop
examples
- I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon. (Writings LAM.3.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world. (Writings PSA.86.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. (Writings PSA.139.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- Who got the lowest score: Ann, Ben or Cal? tree →
- The lowest temperature this week was 2 degrees. tree →
- Find the difference between the highest and lowest prices. tree →
- The books are on the lowest shelf. tree →
- The tuba plays the lowest notes in the band. tree →
- The Dead Sea is the lowest place on land. tree →
- Put heavy boxes on the lowest shelf. tree →
- Which bar on the graph is the lowest? tree →
- Conn the Hundred Fighter, Ard-Ri’ of Ireland, was in the lowest spirits that can be imagined, for his wife was dead. tree →
note
Asks for the smallest value in a list (the minimum). With «highest» it often points to taking away to find the range. Trap: in lists of negative temperatures, the lowest is the one furthest below zero (−8 is lower than −3). Use «the» before lowest; compare two with «lower».
In the corpora
- For great is Thy mercy toward me; and Thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest nether-world.
- I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
- Payday is the day pay arrives in the bank, often once a month, so money is usually lowest just before it.
- In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.
- The safest place in a tornado is a basement or storm shelter, or an inside room on the lowest floor with no windows.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «lowest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.