LOWEST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lowest mean? 

• LOWEST (adjective)
  The adjective LOWEST has 1 sense:

1. lowest in rank or importance

  Familiarity information: LOWEST used as an adjective is very rare.

• LOWEST (adverb)
  The adverb LOWEST has 1 sense:

1. in the lowest position; nearest the ground

  Familiarity information: LOWEST used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOWEST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lowest in rank or importance

Synonyms:

last; last-place; lowest

Context example:

in last place

Similar:

worst ((superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition)

• LOWEST (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In the lowest position; nearest the ground

Context example:

the branch with the big peaches on it hung lowest

 Context examples 

Worldwide, those at greatest exposure of arsenic, lead, cadmium and copper were around 30% to 80% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than those at lowest exposure.

(Experts warn of cardiovascular risk from heavy metal pollution, University of Cambridge)

The researchers found that people with the highest level of leisure-time physical activity had a reduced risk for 13 of 26 types of cancer compared to those with the lowest level of activity.

(Physical activity associated with lower risk of many cancers, NIH)

A new study has found that diets both low and high in carbohydrates were linked with an increase in mortality, while moderate consumers of carbohydrates had the lowest risk of mortality.

(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The lowest layer of a structure.

(Basal, NCI Thesaurus)

Blood pressure is taken using two measurements: systolic (measured when the heart beats, when blood pressure is at its highest) and diastolic (measured between heart beats, when blood pressure is at its lowest).

(Blood pressure, NCI Dictionary)

Relating to or located at the lowest portion of a structure.

(Basal, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Methane clouds were already known to exist in Titan's troposphere, the lowest layer of the atmosphere.

(NASA Finds Methane Ice Cloud in Titan's Stratosphere, NASA)

They entered it in one of its lowest points, and drove for some time through a beautiful wood stretching over a wide extent.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Compared to the lowest third, the middle third of exposure was associated with about 2.26 times the risk for ADHD.

(Acetaminophen exposure in pregnancy linked to higher risk of ADHD, autism, National Institutes of Health)

The scientists exposed colorectal cancer cells to the 'lowest therapeutically effective dose of βGBP that induces apoptosis', or 'cell suicide'.

(Molecule in Immune System Able to Trigger 'Suicide' of Cancerous Tumors, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)