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  st

  abbreviation

  stere.
• ST
  ST

  septic tank.
• -st
  -st

  variant of -est.
• st.
  st.

  abbreviation

  stanza.
• St.
  St.

  abbreviation

  Saint.
• s.t.
  s.t.

  abbreviation

  short ton.
• St
  St

  abbreviation

  Saint (all entries that are usually preceded by St are in this dictionary listed alphabetically under Saint )

st

¹ American  

abbreviation

1. stere.

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ST ² American  

Real Estate.

1. septic tank.

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-st ³ American  

1. variant of -est.

   first; least.

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-st ⁴ American  

1. variant of -est.

   hadst; wouldst; dost.

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st. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. stanza.

2. state.

3. statute; statutes.

4. stet.

5. stitch.

6. stone (weight).

7. strait.

8. street.

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St. ⁶ American  

abbreviation

1. Saint.

2. statute; statutes.

3. Strait.

4. Street.

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s.t. ⁷ American  

abbreviation

1. short ton.

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St ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Saint (all entries that are usually preceded by St are in this dictionary listed alphabetically under Saint )

2. statute

3. strait

4. street

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st. ² British  

abbreviation

1. stanza

2. statute

3. cricket stumped by

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-st ³ British  

suffix

1. a variant of -est 2

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st ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. short ton

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st ⁵ British  

abbreviation

1. São Tomé and Principe

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Example Sentences

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Rajadhyaksha points out there is a “remarkably consistent pattern p st most geopolitical conflicts …of an initial shock…then a grind back as economic fundamentals reassert themselves.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Leading up to the talks, there could be more friction—including more talk of Canada as the 51 st state.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

All I see standing on the main st.

From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2021

Plus it remains the first thing viewers see of any new film so clearly, there’s a lot riding on a handful of sentences. st the introduction to your film look off-center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2017

It was almost blindingly white in the late afternoon sun; it looked as if it had been white st washed several times for the brick to be so completely covered, Polly surmised.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

ST, however, said its personal electronics segment will see lower-than-normal seasonality in the third quarter.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The global investment firm will acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres from its parent company, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

Singapore state-investment firm Temasek Holdings is the parent of ST Telemedia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

But Mr Mitter, a British historian who holds the ST Lee Chair in US-Asia relations at Harvard’s Kennedy School, sees some differences.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2024

His finger shook as he pressed in 2 1 and then ST.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

The m is the m in the Anglo-Saxon words innema, &c.; whilst the -st is the common sign of the superlative.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

In the older stages of Icelandic, on the other hand, the termination was not -st but -sc; which -sc grew out of the reflective pronoun sik.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

The difficulty which it presents consists in the presence of the -st, letters characteristic of the second person singular, but here found in all the persons alike; as I durst, they durst, &c.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

In the subjunctive mood the -st disappears as in Anglo-Saxon, xli and hence the forms bute þou gonge, 690, þat þu fonge, 856, &c.; cf. bede, 668.

From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown

Here the second person singular ends, not in -st, but in t.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Thence he walked up North Main st., and at 10.30 was seen on the corner of Anawan st. where he owns a handsome brick block.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2018

The entire stl area was gonna pay for the stadium not just the city of st. louis.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016

Boxes include 50% of data and error bars indicate extremes with a maximum of two times the box size. st., stage. c, Kaplan–Meier curves for tumours with high versus low frequency of mutations.

From Nature ● Mar. 28, 2012

I ride my bike from 174th st. to downtown every day and I ride by this intersection.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2010

“Will the gentleman who gave me the clock and picture on State st. Oct. 9 call at 258 Cottage Grove-av. Dr. Steere.”

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

Along with Minneapolis and St. Paul, it challenged Operation Metro Surge by arguing that the federal government had disrupted schools, businesses, emergency services, municipal resources, streets, and the trust on which local governance depends.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

St. John Bosco, the preseason No. 1 team in The Times’ top 25 rankings, begins preparation for its Aug. 21 road opener in Las Vegas against Bishop Gorman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

He died decades later at what’s now St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, the same institution that would later house would-be Ronald Reagan assassin John Hinckley, Jr.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

This fall, five students will live at St. Camillus.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

When a Russian diplomat invited her to the court of Czar Alexander III, Kate packed her two boys, aged six and eight, and traveled to St. Petersburg.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

If approved, the installation in St Sampson would see 72 ground-mounted panels on agricultural land which has had no previous permanent construction on it.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The Thameslink service which topped the list had a "load factor" – meaning how full the train was – of 176% at London St Pancras shortly after 08:00.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Pickford also won the competition's save-of-the-season award for a second time last season following a remarkable reactionary stop, external from Sandro Tonali's volley to secure Everton's 3-2 win at St James' Park in February.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

St Lucia's 100m Olympic champion Julien Alfred has also pulled out of the Glasgow Games, while Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh, one of the sport's biggest stars, is favouring the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

We know that Halley’s wife was Mary Tooke, and that the wedding took place in St James’ Church, in Duke Place, London.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin