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richest

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for richest.

Editorial note

There's a richest person that dies every time after the last richest person died.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of richest gathered in one view.

adjective

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

adjective

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

adjective

Remunerative.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for richest.

adjective

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

adjective

Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.

adjective

Remunerative.

adjective

Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.

Example sentences

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There's a richest person that dies every time after the last richest person died.

2

How do people living in one of the richest cities on the planet put up with such crap?

3

This reminds me of the stories in The Richest Man in Babylon which had an example just like this.

4

The biggest bully for austerity politics in the whole EU is also literally it's richest country.

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Look at Britain, where the party of some of the richest people in the country are blabbering about tightening belts.

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The idea that he was the richest person in history sounds very euro-centric.

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If you doubt me I invite you to move to the richest city in any poor country.

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In the richest countries in Europe, Switzerland and Norway, also supermarkets and restaurants are priced to match the general income level of the population.

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If the richest nation can send their robots to rape and pillage other countries with no threat to their own population, why wouldn't they?

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Now, they're one of the richest countries in the world.

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Second, Qualcomm is one of the richest chip makers.

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Why, in one of the richest, most beautiful cities in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, are there large numbers of feral humans roaming around?

Quote examples

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A praise bit late I guess;) "Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me...

2

A person with $200 000 yearly income (a very conservative assumption for top lawyers) is in top %0.04 richest people by income.[0] Yeah, right, they have to "put food" on the table.

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Post-WW2 America had less income inequality than now, but it was far from a "very level and equal society." In 1945, the share of the total income of the richest 1% was 11.07%, while in 2014 it was 17.85%.

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"Why, in one of the richest, most beautiful cities in the wealthiest country in the history of the world, are there large numbers of feral humans roaming around?" Maybe because in other cities in the country those "feral humans" would simply be allowed to die off (or even helped on their way to extinction).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use richest in a sentence?

There's a richest person that dies every time after the last richest person died.

What does richest mean?

Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.

What part of speech is richest?

richest is commonly used as adjective.