English Explanatory Dictionary

est

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Grace; favour.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of established.
name
  1. Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
name
  1. Esther, the book of Esther
name
  1. Initialism of Eastern Standard Time.
  2. Initialism of Extended Standard Theory.
  3. Alternative letter-case form of est (“Erhard Seminars Training”).
noun
  1. Initialism of English subtitles.
  2. Initialism of expressed sequence tag.
  3. Initialism of endodermal sinus tumor.

Pronunciation

/ɛst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-est.wav

Word forms

est ests este est.

Etymology

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West Germanic *ansti, from Proto-Germanic *anstiz (“favour, affection”), from Proto-Indo-European *ān- (“to notice; face, mouth”) or from *h₃neh₂- (“to bestow, offer, help; to enjoy”). Cognate with Icelandic ást (“affection, love”), Dutch gunst (“favour, grace, courtesy, privilege”), German Gunst (“favour, goodwill, boon”), Danish yndest (“favour”), Swedish ynnest (“favour, indulgence, grace”).

Related words

AST CST GST HST MST NST PST EDT ET GMT FST ST

Derived words

re-est
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