est

noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Grace; favour.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only)Initialism of English subtitles.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of expressed sequence tag.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of endodermal sinus tumor.

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable)Abbreviation of established.

   “Acme Manufacturing Inc., est 1952”

   “Work sleeve, sl raglan marker, work in ribbing as est to cable marker”

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Erhard Seminars Training, a course intended to promote satisfaction with life in the present moment, as opposed to strivings to attain it.
2. Esther, the book of Esther
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Eastern Standard Time.

   “At 3:01pm EST, one of the editors who began removing gendered content, SuperPianoMan9167, reverted an edit that stated, “He identified as a woman” to “She identified as a woman.””

4. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Extended Standard Theory.
5. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of est (“Erhard Seminars Training”).

   “[…] Tatum, who wears a different color Danskin every day, or Wayne, who grows sinsemilla in his actual closet, or Boomer, who's always hugging everyone since his family did EST.”