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%?

And why not .001% ;)?

it really is 50% + 1

Not really... think about it.

50% and a little bit more.

Depends on the number of categories. Just because most of us like vanilla doesn't mean that vanilla has more than 50% of the likes.

That's all you need to know about what "most" means.

Anything above 55%. :)

For the most part.

More than a few.

Most is anything more than half.

I see what you mean. More of us can like vanilla than any other flavor, but if the other 21 flavors form a coalition of flavors that amount to, say, 80% of the total, vanilla can still be most popular with 20% of the vote. They don't have the most enthusiasts, but they have more than the fans of any other single flavor.

Yep.


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Thanks. that explains why I was ridiculed by the other kids. I LOVED vanilla and got called names by all the chocolate/strawberry/hokey pokey/lime loving kids.

Actually, each answer is correct since the OP asked how we interpret the word ‘most’.
If one would say he interprets ‘most’ as ‘less than half’, that too would be a correct answer… :). (Lame, I know)

it's just an abbreviation of mostest.

mostest, meaning the bigglyest amount.

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Looking at your graph it's clear that what "most" means is how you ask the question.

Most people do no prefer red.

But red is the most preferred color.

Patrick, that is a most excellent observation!

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Oh, sorry, I misread the OP

This just brought back a memory of my favorite news paper story tag line.

The bold print headline for the story, out of Australia, said:
Most students above average in math!

Hadn't thought about that headline for years.

I love the concept that more than half the kids are better in math than half of all of the kids.

I got her panties off most of the way. That doesn't tell the whole story. Did you slide them to the side, then get tangled up in them?