Eastern Standard Time

Eastern Standard Time
noun
standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
• Syn: ↑Eastern Time, ↑EST
• Hypernyms: ↑civil time, ↑standard time, ↑local time

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noun

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Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Time noun
One of the standard times used in N America, being 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time (abbrev EST or ET)
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Main Entry: ↑east

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Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Time,
the standard time in the eastern part of the United States and most of eastern Canada, a belt centered on the 75th meridian and extending 7 degrees 30 minutes, approximately, on each side of it. Eastern Standard Time is five hours behind Greenwich Time. Abbr: EST (no periods).

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ˌEastern ˈStandard Time 7 [Eastern Standard Time] noun uncountable (abbr. EST) (also Eastern time)
the time used in the winter in the eastern US and Canada, which is five hours earlier than GMT
See also: ↑Eastern time

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