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eastern standard time

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
east-ern -s-tan-dard- -time
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
7
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the eastern part of the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States, most of Ontario and Quebec and the eastern third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as Southampton Island in Nunavut year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).

Phrases

Eastern Daylight Time Eastern Time Eastern Timezone Alaska Standard Time Atlantic Standard Time Central Standard Time Greenland Standard Time Hawaii Standard Time

Frequently Paired Words

Eastern Daylight Time Eastern Time Eastern Timezone Alaska Standard Time Atlantic Standard Time Central Standard Time Greenland Standard Time Hawaii Standard Time

Synonyms

Eastern Standard Time Zone Eastern Time Zone EST eastern time

Questions

What does eastern standard time mean?
The time of day in the time zone that encompasses the eastern part of the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States, most of Ontario and Quebec and the eastern third of Nunavut in Canada from the first Sunday of November to the second Sunday of March, as well as Southampton Island in Nunavut year-round; it is four hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC-4).

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