vest

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Related terms 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Latvian 4.1 Verb 5 Norwegian 5.1 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Noun 6.1.1 Declension 7 Romansch 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 8 Serbo-Croatian 8.1 Alternative forms 8.2 Etymology 8.3 Noun 8.3.1 Declension 9 Slovene 9.1 Noun

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

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vest (plural vests)

1. (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
2. (US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit.
3. A protective sleeveless garment worn over outer clothing.

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• (garment worn under a shirt): singlet, tank top (US), undershirt (US)
• (garment worn over a shirt): waistcoat (British)

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to vest (third-person singular simple present vests, present participle vesting, simple past and past participle vested)

1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): (commonly used of financial arrangements) To become vested, to become permanent.

   My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.

   • 2005, Kaye A. Thomas, Consider Your Options, page 104

     If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest, you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well.

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• Anagrams of estv
• vets

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• IPA: /vɛst/, [ʋɛsd̥]

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vest (uncountable)

1. west, a compass direction

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• nord
• syd
• øst
• nord-vest
• syd-vest

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vest c. (singular definite vesten, plural indefinite veste)

1. vest

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vest

1. fortification

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vest

1. lead

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vest

1. west (compass point)

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vest n. (uncountable)

1. west

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From a Germanic language

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vest

1. west

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• (Ijekavian): vijȇst

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From Proto-Slavic *věstь, from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“‘to see, know, perceive’”).

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vȇst f. (Cyrillic spelling ве̑ст)

1. report, news

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vest

1. conscience