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# lowest

«lowest» in Mova's school dictionary: **the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (low, lower, lowest); superlative of low

### meaning for a pupil

1) Lowest means the least high, nearest the ground or the bottom. The lowest shelf is the one nearest the floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m1)

2) Lowest means the smallest in number or amount: the lowest score, price or temperature. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m2)

3) Lowest means the quietest or deepest in sound: the lowest note. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m3)

4) Lowest can also describe a feeling, meaning the saddest or most hopeless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

picks the smallest number among several, such as the lowest score, price or temperature; or the bottom position; in science: the lowest temperature in a table, the lowest point of land; in music: the lowest note; in everyday life: the lowest price in the shop

### examples

- Who got the lowest score: Ann, Ben or Cal? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x1)
- The lowest temperature this week was 2 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x2)
- Find the difference between the highest and lowest prices. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x3)
- The books are on the lowest shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x4)
- The tuba plays the lowest notes in the band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x5)
- The Dead Sea is the lowest place on land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x6)
- Put heavy boxes on the lowest shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x7)
- Which bar on the graph is the lowest? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x8)
- Conn the Hundred Fighter, Ard-Ri’ of Ireland, was in the lowest spirits that can be imagined, for his wife was dead. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/#x9)

### note

Asks for the smallest value in a list (the minimum). With «highest» it often points to taking away to find the range. Trap: in lists of negative temperatures, the lowest is the one furthest below zero (−8 is lower than −3). Use «the» before lowest; compare two with «lower».

### In the corpora

- [Payday is the day pay arrives in the bank, often once a month, so money is usually lowest just before it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/6/)
- [In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/10/)
- [The safest place in a tornado is a basement or storm shelter, or an inside room on the lowest floor with no windows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/48-weather-emergencies/8/)
- [London grew at the lowest point where the Thames could be bridged.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/24-population-and-cities/5/)
- [In undisturbed sedimentary rock, the lowest layers are the oldest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/49-sedimentary-and-metamorphic-rocks/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lowest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lowest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.