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• past participle of nest.
• past tense form of nest.

nested

American  

[nes-tid] / ˈnɛs tɪd /

adjective

Mathematics.

1. (of an ordered collection of sets or intervals) having the property that each set is contained in the preceding set and the length or diameter of the sets approaches zero as the number of sets tends to infinity.

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Etymology

Origin of nested

First recorded in 1720–30; nest + -ed ³

Example Sentences

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nested

Below, on a plain white plate, sat the actual dish: shrimp nested in crisp cups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The small seabirds have nested on the beach at Seaton Carew, near Hartlepool, every year since 2019.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

The novellas are composed of nested stories inspired by Scheherazade’s tales in “One Thousand and One Nights.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

But it is in other respects exactly like Ptolemy’s: it is made up of a series of spheres, nested one within the other.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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