st
/stɹˈit/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.20 in modern English
2
Scrabble Score
2
Letters
1
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Expressing a sudden desire for silence.
noun
Alternative form of st. and St.; abbreviation of street.
noun
Abbreviation of state.
noun
Abbreviation of stone; not capitalized or usually spaced.
noun
Abbreviation of store.
noun
Abbreviation of stitch.
noun
Initialism of storyteller, especially in the context of running certain tabletop role-playing games.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit."
- "insert right-hand needle bet 2 sts just knitted"
- "Knit 1 row. Dec 1 st at each end of next row and at each end of every foll alt row until 2 sts rem."
- "Change to larger needles and knit 1 rnd in CC, inc 3 (4, 5) sts evenly[…]"
- "st – stitch"
- "[S]tudents in their first year believe that source text and target text should be identical in content, that the TT should be a reproduction of the ST in another language, and that the TT should read well and be understandable."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
sst (alternative)
sts (plural)
STs (present, singular)
STing (participle, present)
STed (participle, past)
STed (past)
SS (plural)
S (alternative)
S. (alternative)
St. (alternative)
Phrases
g st
rev st st
sl st
st st
the lists of derived terms at saint and Saint
Ashby St Ledgers
Ayot St Lawrence
Ayot St Peter