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• st
  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

From the words in question there was formed, in Anglo-Saxon, a regular superlative form in the usual manner; viz., by the addition of -st; as �fte-m-est, fyr-m-est, l�te-m-est, si�-m-est, yfe-m-est, ute-m-est, inne-m-est.

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

In short, m is an old sign of the superlative degree; probably older than the usual form, -st, discussed in � 254.

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

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 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)