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wildest

adj.
B1 Intermediate US //ˈwaɪɫdɪst// UK //wˈaɪldəst// wildest

adj. the most extreme or exciting version of something. You use it to describe things that go far beyond what you usually expect or imagine.

adj. the superlative form of 'wild'; describes the most extreme, uncontrolled, or imaginative state of a situation or idea.


SIMPLE

The party was the wildest night of the whole summer.

CONTEXTUAL

The success of the new app exceeded even the founders' wildest dreams within the first month.

COMPLEX

The explorer's journals contained accounts of the wildest landscapes imaginable, where the weather shifted from calm to chaotic in a matter of minutes.

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Superlative form of 'wild'; typically follows the definite article 'the' or a possessive adjective like 'my' or 'their'.

Pitfall

the most wildestthe wildestWild is a one-syllable adjective, so it takes the '-est' ending; using 'most' as well is a double superlative error.

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