How do you interpret the word "most"?
 

A very subjective descriptive term... I know :)

I go with 75% minimum.

to me...

a couple is 2
a few is 3, 4 or 5
some can be anything depending on the sample size ("I'd like some of those apples"--if there are only 4 apples, I want 2 or 3 of them, if there are 60 apples, I might want 40...I don't want all of them, and I may not want "most" of them.

So, "Most" is more than 50 percent, but not "all" and probably not "almost all"

in a sample size of 6, Most is 5. in a sample of 10, most can be 7, 8 or 9--although, 9 would be "all but one", or "almost all"

let's go percentage.

it has to be greater than 50%. it should be greater than 60% (or else, that would be, just a little more than half)
but less than 90%

very specifically to ME---most is 65-85% once the same size is large enough (+/- 50 items).

Largest, greatest, unsurpassed, a great big bunch. An additional modifier as in most ricky tik.

enough until they change the answer..
words don't matter much any more..
Rape is rough sex in the news now..
Burglary is..'new user'...
Stupid folk have 'rights'....


Rika

50.5% or more.

It all depends on context.

Depends on the raw numbers being talked about as well as context.

60%-90%

Say "most" three times

most, most most.

Quick, what do you put in a toaster?







you put bread in. You take toast out.

Hmm

majority = >50%

most is probably best defined by CKelly78Z above, 60-90%, although you could probably make it 60-99%.

51%, I probably wouldn't call most. I'd probably call it majority or "little more than half."
60%, maybe, might be most
70% or more, sure, definitely most
95-100% I'd probably say "almost all" or maybe "vast majority"

Fairly much all. Haha, to further make it subjective.

School kid "I got most of the answers right" means he got 51%

School kid at home ate most of the chocolate biscuits means he left one.

Never mind - I thought the thread title was "Moist" :)

I'm offended..
can't be right..
while it is..
I deem it wrong..
2 and 2 = whatever you dumb folks want..
upside...
seems queers cant figure out which hole is the right one now..

Rika

I think this is the most correct answer .... after Sammy's ;).

"Most" could be a truly miniscule amount of the total, but like many, I usually think of a bigly chunk too when I hear it used.

Next thread topic is "bigly" :D

> vast majority

> some

Naw... but I don't know what "some" is, so there :)!

49%. As in alMOST. Hehe

Why not 50.4%?