Meaning

7 senses

  1. (Canada, US)A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.

    Weste, Gilet

    жиле́тžilét, безрука́вкаbezrukávka, жиле́ткаžilétka

    жиле́тžylét

    a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

  2. (UK)A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.

  3. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.

    ма́йкаmájka

  4. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.

    безрука́вкаbezrukávka, жиле́тžilét

  5. A vestment.

  6. Clothing generally; array; garb.

  7. (archaic)A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.

Examples

102 sentences

  1. Tom wasn't wearing a bulletproof vest.

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  2. Tom isn't wearing a bulletproof vest.

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  3. Tom is wearing a bulletproof vest.

    ruТом в бронежилете. — marafon

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  4. Tom wasn't wearing his bulletproof vest.

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  5. Tom bought his dog a vest.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
garment worn over a shirt:
Русский
By meaning 2
garment worn under a shirt:
garment worn over a shirt:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
garment worn under a shirt:
confer/give property or power:
garment worn over a shirt:

Origin

Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, v

Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.

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Forms

plural: vests
Singularvest
Pluralvests

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
waistcoatB2singlettank topundershirt
Close in meaning
  • a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat:waistcoat
  • a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body:singletundershirt

Word family

29 related words
RelatedinvestB1wearA1vest frottoirvestibulevestmentvesture
Derivedballistic vestbulletproof vestlife vestranger vestrash vestsobre-veststabveststring vestsuicide vestsweater vesttech vestundervestunvestvest bustervest datevesteevestlessvestletvestlikevestockvest-pocketweighted vestyellow vest

Collocations

4 patterns
  • bullet proof vest
  • bulletproof vest
  • a bulletproof vest
  • proof vest

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
veryA1vesselB1vestibulevestigevestigialC2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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