name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
vest
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/vɛst/
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CMU ARPABET: V EH1 S T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waistcoat
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: singlet, tank top, undershirt
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
A vestment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
Clothing generally; array; garb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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verb
Meaning 9
To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: passive
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verb
Meaning 10
To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
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verb
Meaning 11
To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
- , Book I Empire and dominion [...] was vested in him.
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verb
Meaning 12
To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- to vest a person with an estate
- an estate is vested in possession
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verb
Meaning 13
(of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: law
Examples
- Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
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verb
Meaning 14
To become vested, to become permanent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
- 2007, Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit), Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony ATV Publishing, LLC Sony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest.
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verb
Meaning 15
To invest; to put.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Examples
- to vest money in goods, land, or houses
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noun
Meaning 16
a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: singlet, undershirt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: undergarment, unmentionable
noun
Meaning 17
a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waistcoat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: garment
Narrower terms: bulletproof vest
verb
Meaning 18
clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: robe
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
verb
Meaning 19
clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: dress, dress up
verb
Meaning 20
become legally vested
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The property vests in the trustees
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Broader terms: change hands, change owners
verb
Meaning 21
place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She vested her vast fortune in her two sons
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Broader terms: give
verb
Meaning 22
provide with power and authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- They vested the council with special rights
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: invest, enthrone
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: install, instal
Narrower terms: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order, crown, coronate, enthrone, throne
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
110 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: jelek — garment worn over a shirt
- Aleut: ziilitax̂ — garment worn over a shirt
- Arabic: چيليه (jiléh) — garment worn over a shirt
- Arabic: سديري (sidēri) — garment worn over a shirt
- Armenian: ժիլետ (žilet) — garment worn over a shirt
- Asturian: xilecu — garment worn over a shirt
- Azerbaijani: jilet — garment worn over a shirt
- Belarusian: камізэ́лька (kamizélʹka) — garment worn over a shirt
- Bulgarian: жиле́тка (žilétka) — garment worn over a shirt
- Catalan: armilla — garment worn over a shirt
- Chinese Mandarin: 坎肩 (kǎnjiān) — garment worn over a shirt
- Chinese Mandarin: 背心 (bèixīn) — garment worn over a shirt
- Czech: vesta — garment worn over a shirt
- Dutch: vest — garment worn over a shirt
- Esperanto: veŝto — garment worn over a shirt
- Finnish: liivi — garment worn over a shirt
- French: gilet — garment worn over a shirt
- Georgian: ჟილეტი (žileṭi) — garment worn over a shirt
- German: Weste — garment worn over a shirt
- German: Gilet — garment worn over a shirt
- Greek: γιλέκο (giléko) — garment worn over a shirt
- Hungarian: mellény — garment worn over a shirt
- Icelandic: vesti — garment worn over a shirt
- Indonesian: rompi — garment worn over a shirt
- Irish: veist — garment worn over a shirt
- Italian: panciotto — garment worn over a shirt
- Italian: gilè — garment worn over a shirt
- Italian: corpetto — garment worn over a shirt
- Japanese: チョッキ (chokki) — garment worn over a shirt
- Japanese: ベスト (besuto) — garment worn over a shirt
- Korean: 조끼 (jokki) — garment worn over a shirt
- Northern Kurdish: êlek — garment worn over a shirt
- Northern Kurdish: çoxik — garment worn over a shirt
- Macedonian: е́лек (élek) — garment worn over a shirt
- Maltese: sidrija — garment worn over a shirt
- Navajo: chaléego — garment worn over a shirt
- Persian: ژیلت (žilet) — garment worn over a shirt
- Plautdietsch: Wast — garment worn over a shirt
- Polish: kamizelka — garment worn over a shirt
- Polish: bezrękawnik — garment worn over a shirt
- Portuguese: colete — garment worn over a shirt
- Russian: жиле́т (žilét) — garment worn over a shirt
- Russian: безрука́вка (bezrukávka) — garment worn over a shirt
- Russian: жиле́тка (žilétka) — garment worn over a shirt
- Serbo-Croatian: пр̀слук — garment worn over a shirt
- Serbo-Croatian: pr̀sluk — garment worn over a shirt
- Slovak: vesta — garment worn over a shirt
- Spanish: chaleco — garment worn over a shirt
- Swedish: väst — garment worn over a shirt
- Tatar: көрти (körti) — garment worn over a shirt
- Turkish: yelek — garment worn over a shirt
- Ukrainian: жиле́т (žylét) — garment worn over a shirt
- Vietnamese: áo gi lê — garment worn over a shirt
- Vietnamese: gi-lê — garment worn over a shirt
- Volapük: jilät — garment worn over a shirt
- Yup'ik: silin — garment worn over a shirt
- Arabic: صُدَيْرِيّ (ṣudayriyy) — garment worn under a shirt
- Bulgarian: фланелка (flanelka) — garment worn under a shirt
- Catalan: samarreta — garment worn under a shirt
- Chinese Cantonese: 背心 (bui3 sam1) — garment worn under a shirt
- Czech: tílko — garment worn under a shirt
- Czech: nátělník — garment worn under a shirt
- Esperanto: subĉemizo — garment worn under a shirt
- Finnish: aluspaita — garment worn under a shirt
- French: tricot de corps — garment worn under a shirt
- Georgian: პერანგი (ṗerangi) — garment worn under a shirt
- Georgian: მაისური (maisuri) — garment worn under a shirt
- German: Unterhemd — garment worn under a shirt
- German: Liibli — garment worn under a shirt
- Greek: φανέλα (fanéla) — garment worn under a shirt
- Hungarian: trikó — garment worn under a shirt
- Icelandic: nærbolur — garment worn under a shirt
- Indonesian: singlet — garment worn under a shirt
- Italian: canottiera — garment worn under a shirt
- Macedonian: потко́шула (potkóšula) — garment worn under a shirt
- Macedonian: до́лна ма́ица (dólna máica) — garment worn under a shirt
- Malay: singlet — garment worn under a shirt
- Maltese: flokk ta’ taħt — garment worn under a shirt
- Māori: hingareti — garment worn under a shirt
- Norwegian Bokmål: trøye — garment worn under a shirt
- Norwegian Nynorsk: trøye — garment worn under a shirt
- Polish: podkoszulek — garment worn under a shirt
- Polish: podkoszulka — garment worn under a shirt
- Portuguese: regata — garment worn under a shirt
- Russian: ма́йка (májka) — garment worn under a shirt
- Scottish Gaelic: fo-lèine — garment worn under a shirt
- Spanish: camiseta de tirantes — garment worn under a shirt
- Swedish: linne — garment worn under a shirt
- Catalan: samarreta — sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
- Finnish: liivi — sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
- Finnish: tunnusliivi — sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
- Italian: canottiera — sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
- Italian: casacca — sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
- Russian: ма́йка (májka) — sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
- Chinese: 䘥仔 (zh-min-nan) — any sleeveless outer garment
- Chinese Mandarin: 馬甲 /马甲 (mǎjiǎ) — any sleeveless outer garment
- Finnish: liivi — any sleeveless outer garment
- Finnish: turvaliivi — any sleeveless outer garment
- Finnish: huomioliivi — any sleeveless outer garment
- Italian: giubbetto — any sleeveless outer garment
- Italian: giubbotto — any sleeveless outer garment
- Italian: giacchetta — any sleeveless outer garment
- Italian: giubbino — any sleeveless outer garment
- Kazakh: нымша (nymşa) — any sleeveless outer garment
- Māori: kahutumu — any sleeveless outer garment
- Russian: безрука́вка (bezrukávka) — any sleeveless outer garment
- Russian: жиле́т (žilét) — any sleeveless outer garment
- German: verleihen — confer/give property or power
- German: übergeben — confer/give property or power
- Italian: investitura — confer/give property or power