st
abbreviation
st
1 Americanabbreviation
ST
2
American
Real Estate.
-st
3
American
-st
4
American
st.
5
American
abbreviation
-
stanza.
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state.
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statute; statutes.
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stet.
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stitch.
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stone (weight).
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strait.
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street.
St.
6
American
abbreviation
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Saint.
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statute; statutes.
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Strait.
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Street.
s.t.
7
American
abbreviation
St
1
British
abbreviation
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Saint (all entries that are usually preceded by St are in this dictionary listed alphabetically under Saint )
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statute
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strait
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street
st.
2
British
abbreviation
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stanza
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statute
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cricket stumped by
-st
3
British
suffix
st
4
British
abbreviation
st
5
British
abbreviation
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
ST Telemedia, the parent company, currently has an over 80% stake in STT GDC, with the KKR-led group holding the rest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 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
ST Hopper Ltd, in the Market Place, was founded by his grandfather in 1926.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2024
The sign above the darkened display window read: ST.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
Here the second person singular ends, not in -st, but in t.
From A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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 R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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 R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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
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 R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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
The words st. peter’s catholic chaplaincy, university OF Nigeria seemed to twinkle as Amaka and I walked into the incense-scented church.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Is it possible that an under-the-radar composite materials company in St. Louis has cracked the code for running a family business sustainably while putting its workers’ well-being first?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The best matchup of the day was in pool D, where No. 9-seeded Lakewood St. Joseph upset No. 4 Huntington Beach 27-26.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Refused a berth in Cuba, the U.S. and Canada, the St. Louis returned to Europe and docked in Belgium, where Leon was granted entry to Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Le Lycee, 26-24, 25-20, 22-25, 21-25, 15-11 St. Bonaventure d.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
“Not St. Louis. Chicago. Or New York. Black folks don’t have to spend their life working in a city for someone else.”
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Stephen Hubbard has been taken to Pulkovo Airport, Putin said, during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The wasps had made their home on the shelves of the Ormesby St Michael office, wrapping around binders and other items.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
The development will see The Beatles Story move from Albert Dock to the former St John's Market site, alongside a new Yellow Submarine experience at St John's Beacon.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
He will take one of the places of honour in St George's Hall, on a lavishly decorated table that can seat about 160 guests.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
But he could not imagine anything other than St Vincent’s, because that was the only place he knew, and the faces in his mind were those of Devereux and Crawford, and Broughton-Smith.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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