vest

noun

/vest/

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(British English)
(North American English undershirt)
a piece of underwear worn under a shirt, etc. next to the skin
- a cotton vest
compare singlet
Extra Examples
- What are you doing, standing there in your vest?
- standing there in vest and shorts
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- sleeveless
- string
- thermal
- …
preposition
- in your vest
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a special piece of clothing that covers the upper part of the body
- a bullet-proof vest
- a running vest
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- bulletproof
- stab-proof
- Kevlar™
- …
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(North American English)
(British English waistcoat)
a short piece of clothing with buttons down the front but no arms, usually worn over a shirt and under a jacket, often forming part of a man’s suit
- wearing jeans and a leather vest
- He is smartly dressed in a suit complete with vest, tie and polished Gucci loafers.
Topics Clothes and Fashionb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- sleeveless
- matching
- denim
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Old French vestu ‘clothed’, past participle of vestir, from Latin vestire; the noun (early 17th cent., denoting a loose outer garment) from French veste, via Italian from Latin vestis ‘garment’.

vest

verb

/vest/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they vest	/vest/ /vest/
he / she / it vests	/vests/ /vests/
past simple vested	/ˈvestɪd/ /ˈvestɪd/
past participle vested	/ˈvestɪd/ /ˈvestɪd/
-ing form vesting	/ˈvestɪŋ/ /ˈvestɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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