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Definition: PREST |
PREST1. Imp. & p. p. of Press. Adjective1. Neat; tidy; proper. 2. Ready; prompt; prepared. Noun1. A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. 2. Ready money; a loan of money. Transitive verb1. To give as a loan; to lend. |
Date "PREST" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
PREST | English | Policy Research in Engineering Science and Technology | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: PREST |
| English words defined with "PREST": Press money. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PREST": Prestimony, Presto, Purpresture. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PREST" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Manx (wardrobe). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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![]() | The last offer of reconciliation in remembrance of Prest. A. Lincolns. "The door is open for all". Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Prest. Cleveland and his cabinet / Forbes Co., Boston. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "PREST" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 81.58% of the time. "PREST" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 81.58% | 31 | 62,296 |
| Noun (common) | 15.79% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Adjective (superlative) | 2.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 38 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "PREST" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Prest | Last name | 200 | 37,113 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expression using "PREST": Prest money. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "PREST": Sta-prest. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
prest | 17 |
lite o prest | 15 |
få navn og organis prest på | 11 |
f navn og organis p prest | 4 |
metal prest | 3 |
fit o prest | 3 |
hydra prest | 2 |
prest rack | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PREST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Farsi | پیش پرداخت (Prepayment), قرضه (Loan), قرض (Debt, Loan), وام (Debt, Loan). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | présel (press, squeeze, to emboss, to jam, to press, to squeeze, to tool), présbe tesz, nyom (clew, clue, foil, imprint, Mark, push, reminiscence, sign, slot, spoor, to run off, to stress, trace, tracing, track, trail, vestige, wake), összefacsar, összenyom (squeeze, to compress, to crush up, to press, to squash, to squeeze), összeszorít (clench, to clamp, to clench, to constrict, to crowd), összeszorul (to close up, to crush up), befolyással van (to press), domborít (emboss, to boss, to chase, to crease, to cup, to emboss, to hog, to relieve), kényszerít (coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, oblige, to apply the screws, to coerce, to compel, to concuss, to constrain, to cow, to fag, to force sy into doing sg, to hijack, to necessitate, to oblige, to put the screws on, to will, to will sy into doing sg), kiprésel (screw out of, to crush, to crush out, to extrude, to force out, to screw out, to squash), kisajtol (to crush out, to extrude, to press), kivasal (iron out, press, to iron out, to press), leszorít (tie down, to clamp, to fasten, to keep down, to strangulate), átölel (enclasp, inarm, to caress, to clasp, to cuddle, to embrace, to press, to twine), megnyom (to depress, to press, to push), vasal (to goose, to iron, to plate, to press), nyomul (to press), ránehezedik (to oppress, weigh on), rányom, sürget (hasten, push, to exhort, to expedite, to fillip, to force sy's hand, to importune, to precipitate, to press forward, to press on, to push, to push on, to rush), sajtol (to extrude, to press), siettet (accelerate, anticipate, bustle, expedite, hasten, hurry, hurry up, press on, to accelerate, to antedate, to anticipate, to be not slow to, to expedite, to precipitate, to press forward, to press on, urge), simít (slick, smooth, to dub, to enamel, to glaze, to gloss, to smooth, to stroke, to surface), szorong (to press), tolong (crowd, crush, to crowd, to crush, to press, to rush, to squash), mángorol (calender, mangle, to mangle, to plate). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | estpray | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 23, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de arciereuV ananiaV epetaxen toiV parestwsin autw tuptein autou to stoma |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Princeps autem sacerdotum Ananias praecepit adstantibus sibi percutere os eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Anany, prince of prestis, comaundide to men that stoden nyy hym, that thei schulden smyte his mouth. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | The hye prest Ananias comaunded the that stode by to smyte him on the mouth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to strike him on the mouth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 23, Verse 2 |
| Albanian | Kryeprifti Anania u dha urdhër atëherë atyre që ishin pranë tij ta godisnin në gojë. |
| Cebuano | Ug ang labawng sacerdote nga si Ananias misugo kanila nga nagtindog tupad kang Pablo sa pagsagpa sa iyang baba. |
| Chinese | 大 祭 司 亞 拿 尼 亞 、 就 吩 ' 旁 邊 站 著 的 人 " 他 的 嘴 。 |
| Croatian | Nato veliki sveæenik Ananija naredi onima što stajahu uza nj da ga udare po ustima. |
| Danish | Men Ypperstepræsten Ananias befalede dem, som stode hos ham, at slå ham på Munden. |
| Dutch | Maar de hogepriester Ananias beval dengenen, die bij hem stonden, dat zij hem op den mond zouden slaan. |
| Finnish | Mutta ylimmäinen pappi Ananias käski lähellä seisovia lyömään häntä vasten suuta. |
| French | Le souverain sacrificateur Ananias ordonna ceux qui étaient près de lui de le frapper sur la bouche. |
| German | Der Hohepriester aber, Ananias, befahl denen, die um ihn standen, daß sie ihm aufs Maul schlügen. |
| Hungarian | Ananiás fõpap pedig megparancsolá azoknak, kik õ mellette állanak vala, hogy üssék õt szájon. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Waktu Paulus berkata begitu, Imam Agung Ananias menyuruh orang yang berdiri di sebelah Paulus menampar mulut Paulus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka Ananias, Imam Besar itu pun, menyuruhkan orang yang berdiri dekat Paulus menamparkan mulutnya. |
| Maori | Na ka mea a Anania tohunga nui ki te hunga e tu ana i tona taha, kia pakia tona mangai. |
| Norwegian | Ypperstepresten Ananias bød da dem som stod der, å slå ham på munnen. |
| Portuguese | Mas o sumo sacerdote, Ananias, mandou aos que estavam junto dele que o ferissem na boca. |
| Rumanian | Marele preot Anania a poruncit celor ce stqteau lkngq el sq -l loveascq peste gurq. |
| Russian | рЕТЧПУЧСЭЕООЙЛ ЦЕ бОБОЙС УФПСЧЫЙН ЕТЕ" ОЙН ТЙЛБЪБМ 'ЙФШ ЕЗП П ХУФБН. |
| Shuar | Papru nuna takui Israer-patri uuntri Ananías, ni suntarin Paprui ayamas pujuarmia nuna "Wenunam awatiarum" Tímiayi. |
| Swahili | Hapo Kuhani Mkuu Anania akaamuru wale waliokuwa wamesimama karibu na Paulo wampige kofi mdomoni. |
| Uma | Nto'u-na Paulus mololita hewa toe, Imam Bohe Ananias mpohubui tauna to hi ncori Paulus mpohopo' -i. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PREST": prestamp, prestamped, prestamping, prestamps, prester, presterilize, presterilized, presterilizes, presterilizing, presters, prestidigitation, prestidigitations, prestidigitator, prestidigitators, prestige, prestigeful, prestiges, prestigious, prestigiously, prestigiousness, prestigiousnesses, prestissimo, presto, prestorage, prestorages, prestos, prestress, prestressed, prestresses, prestressing, prestrike, prestructure, prestructured, prestructures, prestructuring, prests. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "PREST": imprest. (additional references) | |
Words containing "PREST": imprests. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "PREST" (pronounced pre"st) |
| 5 | p r e" s t | compressed, depressed, expressed, impressed, oppressed, pressed, repressed, suppressed, unimpressed. |
| 4 | -r e" s t | abreast, addressed, breast, crest, digressed, distressed, dressed, progressed, rest, stressed, transgressed, unaddressed, undressed, unrest, wrest. |
| 3 | -e" s t | acquiesced, arrest, assessed, attest, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, Celeste, chest, coalesced, confessed, congest, detest, digest, dispossessed, divest, fessed, finessed, gest, guessed, guest, infest, ingest, invest, jest, lest, messed, molest, nest, northwest, obsessed, pest, possessed, professed, quest, rearrest, reassessed, recessed, reinvest, repossessed, request, retest, southwest, suggest, test, vest, West, zest. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: strep. | |
| Words within the letters "e-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: erst, pert, pest, pets, reps, rest, rets, sept, step. | |
-2 letters: ers, per, pes, pet, rep, res, ret, ser, set. | |
-3 letters: er, es, et, pe, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-p-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: erupts, esprit, paster, paters, pester, peters, poster, prates, preset, presto, prests, priest, purest, repast, repots, respot, ripest, sprent, sprite, stoper, streps, stripe, tapers, topers, trapes, tripes, tropes, twerps. | |
+2 letters: arpents, carpets, copters, departs, deports, entraps, esparto, esprits, experts, exports, gypster, hipster, imprest, palters, parents, pargets, parties, pastern, pasters, pastier, pasture, patters, patzers, pelters, penster, permits, persalt, persist, pertest, pesters, pestier, petards, petrels, petrols, petrous, petters, pewters, piaster, piastre, pirates, pitiers, plaster, platers, poorest, porters, postern, posters, posture, pothers, potters, potzers, pouters, powters, praters, preacts, precast, precuts, present, presets, presift, presort, prester, prestos, pretest, pretors, priests, privets, projets, prosect, prostie, proteas, protest, proteus, prowest, psalter, pterins, punster, punters, putters, pyrites, recepts, redtops, repasts, repeats, repents, replots, reports, reposit, reputes, respect, respelt, respite, resplit, respots, restamp, retapes, retypes, riposte, ropiest, scepter, sceptre, seaport, serpent, sparest, spatter, specter, spectra, spectre, spelter, spirted, spitter, sported, sporter, spotter, spouter, spriest, sprites, spryest, spurted, spurtle, sputter, stamper, stapler, steeper, stepper, stirpes, stomper, stooper, stopers, stopper, striped, striper, stripes, strophe, stumper, sumpter, tampers, tappers, tapster, tempers, tephras, thorpes, threaps, threeps, tippers, tipsier, tipster, toppers, traipse, trepans, triceps, triples, trompes, troupes, uprates, upstare, uptears. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 52 45 53 54 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010010 01000101 01010011 01010100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R E S T |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 0045 0053 0054 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5052395354 |
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