You add -est to many short adjectives to form superlatives. For example, the superlative of 'nice' is 'nicest'; the superlative of 'happy' is 'happiest'. You also add it to some adverbs that do not end in -ly. For example, the superlative of 'soon' is 'soonest'.
est in British English1
(ɛst)
noun
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 origin
Erhard Seminars Training; after Werner Erhard, American businessman, who devised the system
est in British English2
abbreviation for
1. Also: estab
established
2.
estimate(d)
EST in British English
abbreviation for
1.
Eastern Standard Time
2.
electric-shock treatment
3.
Estonia (international car registration)
-est in British English1
suffix
forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs
shortest
fastest
Word origin
Old English -est, -ost
-est in British English2
or -st
suffix
forming the archaic second person singular present and past indicative tense of verbs
thou goest
thou hadst
Word origin
Old English -est, -ast
EST in American English
Eastern Standard Time
Est in American English
1. Bible
Esther
2.
Estonia
3.
Estonian
est in American English
1.
established
: also estab
2.
estate
3.
estimate
4.
estimated
-est in American English
(ɛst; ɪst; əst)
1.
forming the superlative degree of most adjectives and adverbs of one or two syllables
greatest, soonest
2.
forming the archaic 2d pers. sing., pres. indic., of verbs [goest]: in certain cases, it becomes -st
hadst
Word origin
(sense 1) ME < OE -est, -ost, -ast, superl. suffix of adj. & adv., akin to OHG -isto < IE *-istho- (> Gr -isto-, Sans -išṭha-); (sense 2) ME < OE -est, -ast, 2d pers. sing., pres. tense inflection < IE *-si, *-s + initial dental of enclitic pron.: see thou1
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Definition of '-est'
Chinese translation of 'EST'
EST
(US)
abbr
(= Eastern Standard Time) 东(東)部标(標)准(準)时(時)间(間) (Dōngbù Biāozhǔn Shíjiān)