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
We were stuck st school going to religious services five times a week, eating bad food, playing sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
All I see standing on the main st.
From The Verge ● Aug. 6, 2021
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
In September, it teamed up with Singapore telecom operator Singtel to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres in a deal valuing the company at $10.9 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
The idea is that residents within the ST postcode can open savings, and loans accounts, with a "sensible" interest rate of just a few percent per year.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2025
Automatically, instinctively, Jonah hit the keypad again: 2 1 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 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
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
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
“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
During his suspension in August 2023, Paxton visited St. George, Utah, a small city in the state’s southwest corner.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
University Hospital Southampton, St. James's University Hospital in Leeds and the Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester also helped recruit patients and supplied valuable translational samples.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Born Jan. 8, 1950, and raised in St. Louis, Kearns felt different and odd from an early age.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
In a sermon delivered in Italian on Thursday at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the pope suggested machines lack a soul, saying they merely "compile data" quickly.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
“Well, it depends on who is telling the story. Don’t you remember the Shadow Queen in Ella St. Clay’s book?”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Flames ripped through the roof, and it took about 180 firefighters more than an hour and 36 minutes to knock down the blaze at 1001 E. 27th St.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
In a surprise announcement following Angelus prayers on Sunday, Leo told assembled crowds in St Peter's Square that doctors had discovered the nodule "at a very early stage" during recent medical checks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
He is the 267th occupant of the throne of St Peter – and is the first American.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
"During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localised," the 71-year-old said in a weekly address in St Peter's Square.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
So I spent a lot of time along St Anna Bay, and at the Ruyterkade market talking to the blade people.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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