lowest

«lowest» in Mova's school dictionary: the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

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

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

• 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

• 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.
• London grew at the lowest point where the Thames could be bridged.
• In undisturbed sedimentary rock, the lowest layers are the oldest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lowest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.