Est (Noun)
Meaning
Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- Eastern Standard Time is often abbreviated as EST on television listings and elsewhere.
- Daylight saving time for this time zone is designated as Eastern Daylight Time or EDT and has a one-hour offset from standard EST.
- While I lived on the West Coast I got accustomed to an extra three hours before midnight as opposed to what they experienced back on the EST coast.
- Due to EST New York markets and US indexes lead, futures follow trends made prior, we suggest studying trading behaviors first then trend tracking through volume next.
- Washington is two hours ahead of Seattle since Seattle observes PST or Pacific Standard Time, which differs significantly from the time we're following back in the US where I operate primarily off EST