-est

¹

1. a suffix forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs.

   warmest; fastest; soonest.

-est

²

1. a native English suffix formerly used to form the second person singular indicative of verbs.

   knowest; sayest; goest.

EST

³

Or E.S.T.,

abbreviation

1. Eastern Standard Time.

est.

⁴

abbreviation

1. established.

2. estate.

3. estimate.

4. estimated.

5. estuary.

EST

¹

abbreviation

1. Eastern Standard Time

2. electric-shock treatment

3. Estonia (international car registration)

est

²

abbreviation

1. Also: estab. established

2. estimate(d)

-est

³

suffix

1. forming the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs

   shortest

   fastest

-est

⁴

suffix

1. forming the archaic second person singular present and past indicative tense of verbs

   thou goest

   thou hadst

est

⁵

/ ɛst /

noun

1. 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 History and Origins

Origin of EST¹

Middle English; Old English -est, -ost. Compare Greek -isto-

Origin of EST²

Middle English; Old English -est, -ast, -st, 2nd person singular present indicative endings of some verbs ( -s earlier verbal ending + -t, by assimilation from thū thou ¹ ) and 2nd person singular past endings of weak verbs (earlier -es + -t )

Word History and Origins

Origin of EST¹

Old English -est, -ost

Origin of EST²

Old English -est, -ast

Origin of EST³

E rhard S eminars T raining; after Werner Erhard, American businessman, who devised the system

Example Sentences

Deanna Newman set up C'est la vie Jewellery in March last year as an "interesting adventure" sideline which she hoped to turn into her dream full-time job.

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But earlier this year a company operating out of China pretending to be a Birmingham-based jewellers began using the C'est la vie name, damaging the reputation of Ms Newman's business.

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The scam website, C'est la vie Birmingham, states it is run by couple called Patrick and Eileen and claims in adverts on Facebook that Eileen is selling up due to the death of her husband.

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To separate her business from the scam, Deanna spent days researching the fake C'est La Vie business and redesigned her whole website to make the difference clear to customers.

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Among the websites is C'est La Vie, a shop purporting to be run by couple Eileen and Patrick for 29 years and based in Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter - but with a returns address in China.

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