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-'st

-'st is the alternative form of -est.

Meaning of -est

Suffix (1)

-est

  1. Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs.
    • longest, biggest, fastest, motliest

Suffix (2)

-est

  1. (archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you)
    • goest, makest, wentest, madest

Questions about -'st

What is -'st the alternative form of?
-'st is the alternative form of -est.

Words near -'st in the dictionary

  1. -'
  2. -'d
  3. -'er
  4. -'nt
  5. -'s
  6. -'st
  7. -(s)
  8. ----hole
  9. -0r
  10. -2
  11. -30-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -'st (page history and authors); -est (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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