Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Abbreviation of established.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
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name
Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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name
Esther, the book of Esther
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Initialism of Eastern Standard Time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: time
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name
Initialism of Extended Standard Theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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name
Alternative letter-case form of est (“Erhard Seminars Training”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Grace; favour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable, usually
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noun
Initialism of English subtitles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
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noun
Initialism of expressed sequence tag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Initialism of endodermal sinus tumor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Eastern Time, Eastern Standard Time
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: civil time, standard time, local time
History
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”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
