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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -est suffix - forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs: shortest, fastest
Etymology: Old English -est, -ost -est, -st suffix - forming the archaic second person singular present and past indicative tense of verbs: thou goest, thou hadst
Etymology: Old English -est, -ast EST or E.S.T.,an abbreviation of:- TimeEastern Standard Time.
-est1, suffix. - -est is regularly used to form the superlative form of short adjectives and adverbs: fast + -est → fastest;
soon + -est → soonest;
warm + -est → warmest.
est., an abbreviation of:- established.
- estate.
- estimate.
- estimated.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024EST ,- TimeEastern Standard Time.
Also, E.S.T., e.s.t. -est1 : - a suffix forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs:warmest;fastest;soonest.
- Old English -est, -ost. Compare Greek -isto- Middle English
: - a native English suffix formerly used to form the second person singular indicative of verbs:knowest;sayest;goest.
Also, -st. - Old English -est, -ast, -st, 2nd pers. singular present indicative endings of some verbs (-s earlier verbal ending + -t, by assimilation from thū thou1) and 2nd pers. singular past endings of weak verbs (earlier -es + -t) Middle English
- established.
- estate.
- estimate.
- estimated.
- estuary.
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