lowest en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈləʊ.ɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈloʊ.ɪst/ (US)
Meanings
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(form-of, superlative) superlative form of low: most low
form of low
Yang says he remembers being able to see the glacier’s lowest edge from his home village. But that time has passed.
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.
1958 August 14, T. S. Lascelles, “Diamond Jubilee of the Waterloo & City Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 520:
Deriveds
lowest common multiple · lowest of the low · lowest common denominator