-est

¹

1. a suffix forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs.

   warmest; fastest; soonest.

-est

²

1. a native English suffix formerly used to form the second person singular indicative of verbs.

   knowest; sayest; goest.

EST

³

Or E.S.T.,

abbreviation

1. Eastern Standard Time.

est.

⁴

abbreviation

1. established.

2. estate.

3. estimate.

4. estimated.

5. estuary.

EST

¹

abbreviation

1. Eastern Standard Time

2. electric-shock treatment

3. Estonia (international car registration)

est

²

abbreviation

1. Also: estab. established

2. estimate(d)

-est

³

suffix

1. forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs

   shortest

   fastest

-est

⁴

suffix

1. forming the archaic second person singular present and past indicative tense of verbs

   thou goest

   thou hadst

est

⁵

/ ɛst /

noun

1. a treatment intended to help people towards psychological growth, in which they spend many hours in large groups, deprived of food and water and hectored by stewards

Word History and Origins

Origin of -est¹

Middle English; Old English -est, -ost. Compare Greek -isto-

Origin of -est²

Middle English; Old English -est, -ast, -st, 2nd person singular present indicative endings of some verbs ( -s earlier verbal ending + -t, by assimilation from thū thou ¹ ) and 2nd person singular past endings of weak verbs (earlier -es + -t )

Word History and Origins

Origin of -est¹

Old English -est, -ost

Origin of -est²

Old English -est, -ast

Origin of -est³

E rhard S eminars T raining; after Werner Erhard, American businessman, who devised the system

Example Sentences

Among the websites is C'est La Vie, a shop purporting to be run by couple Eileen and Patrick for 29 years and based in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter - but with a returns address in China.

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Recent adverts for C'est La Vie, which claims to be based in Colmore Row, Birmingham, stated the couple had befallen a tragedy - Eileen's "beloved husband" Patrick had died and she was shutting the business down with an 80%-off clearance sale.

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Within hours of the BBC's first approach to C'est La Vie, its website stated all its products had sold out, the business was closed with a message from Eileen that said: "We're carefully packing and shipping the final orders that were placed."

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The name of the business on its website then temporarily changed to "Alice and Fred" before returning to its C'est La Vie branding.

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“La vérité sur cette affaire est cruelle,” he said—“the truth is cruel.”

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