Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
AST or A.S.T., a.s.t. Examples
- Atlantic Standard Time.See under standard time.
-ast
- a suffix of nouns that denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines, etc.: enthusiast;ecdysiast; gymnast.
Origin of -ast a variant of -ist after the vowel i; from Greek -astēs Examples from the Web for ast Contemporary Examples of ast
It follows on from his work with Walking With The Wounded which ast year saw him walk to the South Pole.
Prince Harry Launches UK ‘Warrior Games’
Tom Sykes
March 6, 2014
Tunisia also released new information connecting AST to AQIM.
Obama’s Kobe Bryant-Al Qaeda Flap
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
January 22, 2014
The notion that these groups might actually be al Qaeda is illustrated by Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST).
Obama’s Kobe Bryant-Al Qaeda Flap
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
January 22, 2014
Historical Examples of ast
And I believe ef you was to ast ’em they’d all tell you the same, suh.
Irvin S. Cobb
Ye’ve ast us t’ b’lieve a genuwine out ‘n out impossibility.’
Irving Bacheller
I want to ast you to pray, not that he may be converted, but that he may be converted this very night.
Corra Harris
I’d be afraid to ast her, for fear she’d spot me or accuse me, whichever way it was.
Emerson Hough
One of them ast me if I knew anything about the alleged elopement.
Emerson Hough
British Dictionary definitions for ast AST abbreviation for
- Atlantic Standard Time
- automated screen trading (in securities)
- British education advanced skills teacher
Word Origin and History for ast -ast
agential suffix, cognate with -ist, from French -ast, from Latin -asta, from Greek -astes.
ast in Medicine AST abbr.
- aspartate aminotransferase