St Definition & Meaning

American

British

Examples

-st 1 American

1. variant of -est.

   first; least.

-st 2 American

1. variant of -est.

   hadst; wouldst; dost.

st 3 American

abbreviation

1. stere.

ST 4 American Real Estate.

1. septic tank.

st. 5 American

abbreviation

1. stanza.

2. state.

3. statute; statutes.

4. stet.

5. stitch.

6. stone (weight).

7. strait.

8. street.

St. 6 American

abbreviation

1. Saint.

2. statute; statutes.

3. Strait.

4. Street.

s.t. 7 American

abbreviation

1. short ton.

St 1 British

abbreviation

1. Saint (all entries that are usually preceded by St are in this dictionary listed alphabetically under Saint )

2. statute

3. strait

4. street

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 st. 2 British

abbreviation

1. stanza

2. statute

3. cricket stumped by

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 -st 3 British

suffix

1. a variant of -est 2

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 st 4 British

abbreviation

1. short ton

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 st 5 British

abbreviation

1. São Tomé and Principe

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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One of the best high school basketball games of the regular season happened last month when St. John Bosco came away with a one-point double overtime road victory over Santa Margarita.

From Los Angeles Times

St. John Bosco 72, Mater Dei 66: The Braves opened an 18-point cushion in the first half, then held off the Monarchs in a semifinal game of the Trinity League tournament.

From Los Angeles Times

Preserved in formaldehyde and paraffin wax, they come from patients treated at the UK's national bowel hospital, St Mark's, in northwest London.

From Barron's

Historically, patients treated at the hospital would have had a "very difficult time" with the disease, said Kevin Monahan, a consultant gastroenterologist, who is co-leading the groundbreaking project by St Mark's and the Institute of Cancer Research, London.

From Barron's

The project comes around a decade after the entire archive at St Mark's was nearly consigned to the hospital incinerator.

From Barron's

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