most
adj.adj. the largest number or amount of something. You use it to talk about nearly all of a group.
adj. the greatest in amount, quantity, or degree. Functions as a superlative determiner or pronoun to indicate the majority of a set.
Most people like to eat pizza.
Most students in the class passed the final exam with high marks.
While some critics found the ending controversial, most viewers appreciated the emotional closure provided by the final scene.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *maiz Proto-Germanic *maistaz Proto-Germanic *maist Proto-West Germanic *maist Old English mǣst Middle English English most From Middle English most, moste, from Old English mǣst, māst, from Proto-Germanic maistaz, maist. Cognate with Scots mast, maist (“most”), Saterland Frisian maast (“most”), West Frisian meast (“most”), Dutch meest (“most”), German meist (“most”), Danish and Swedish mest (“most”), Icelandic mestur (“most”).
Reduction of almost.
When followed by a noun with another determiner like 'the' or 'my', it requires 'of' ('most of the people').
The most of people like music.Most people like music.Do not use 'the' or 'of' when 'most' is followed directly by a general plural noun.