AST

¹

or A.S.T., a.s.t.

1. Atlantic Standard Time. standard time

-ast

²

1. a suffix of nouns that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc.: ecdysiast;

   enthusiast;

   ecdysiast;

   gymnast.

AST

abbreviation for

1. Atlantic Standard Time
2. automated screen trading (in securities)
3. education advanced skills teacher

Word History and Origins

Origin of AST¹

A variant of -ist ( def ) after the vowel i ; from Greek -astēs

Example Sentences

It follows on from his work with Walking With The Wounded which ast year saw him  walk to the South Pole.

From The Daily Beast

Tunisia also released new information connecting AST to AQIM.

From The Daily Beast

The notion that these groups might actually be al Qaeda is illustrated by Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST).

From The Daily Beast

[L]ast week saw a setback for the forces of maximum freedom.

From The Daily Beast

One or two ast him square, I b'lieve, but he either pretended not to hear 'em, or got out of it somehow.

From Project Gutenberg

The tears come in her eyes as she ast whar I'd git de money, seein' we was layin' up what come from de Norf for de chile.

From Project Gutenberg

And I believe ef you was to ast 'em they'd all tell you the same, suh.

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Other day one of the boys, just to devil him, ast him to drive his team out home.

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We didn't know we was moving light-hearted right into the middle of the biggest question that has ever been ast.

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