Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Grace; favour.

More definitions
  • standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Mr. Robert wants the honor of seeing Estévez.

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  2. Webb is scheduled for liftoff at 7:20 am EST Saturday, Dec. 25.

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  3. The Portuguese man, Estácio de Sá, founded the city of Rio de Janeiro.

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  4. Estévez is the man from Chile.

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  5. "It's dark." "It can't be since that doesn't exist. Id est, that is a non existed thing." "What?"

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Origin

From Middle English este, from Old English ēst (“will, consent, favour”), from Proto-West

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”).

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Forms

plural: ests
Singularest

uncountable

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
essenceB1essentialB1essentiallyB2establishA2establishmentB1estateB2
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