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EST is defined as an abbreviation for Eastern Standard Time.

(abbreviation)

An example of EST is what someone refers to when speaking about time in New York City.

Est is defined as an abbreviation for established.

(abbreviation)

An example of est is the word that's next to the date a historical building was assumed to have been built.

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See est in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. established
    also estab
  2. estate
  3. estimate
  4. estimated

  1. Bible Esther
  2. Estonia
  3. Estonian

Eastern Standard Time

  1. Origin: ME < OE -est, -ost, -ast, superl. suffix of adj. & adv., akin to OHG -isto < IE *-istho- (> Gr -isto-, Sans -išṭha-)

    forming the superlative degree of most adjectives and adverbs of one or two syllables: greatest, soonest
  2. Origin: ME < OE -est, -ast, 2d pers. sing., pres. tense inflection < IE *-si, *-s + initial dental of enclitic pron.: see thou

    forming the archaic 2d pers. sing., pres. indic., of verbs [goest]: in certain cases, it becomes -st: hadst

See est in American Heritage Dictionary 4

abbreviation
Eastern Standard Time

abbreviation
  1. established
  2. estate
  3. estimate

abbreviation
  1. Bible Esther
  2. Estonia
  3. Estonian

suffix
Used to form the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs: greatest; earliest.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English -est, -ast, -ost

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or -st

suffix
Used to form the archaic second person singular of English verbs: comest.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old English -est, -ast

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