EASTERN STANDARD TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eastern Standard Time mean? 

• EASTERN STANDARD TIME (noun)
  The noun EASTERN STANDARD TIME has 1 sense:

1. standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

  Familiarity information: EASTERN STANDARD TIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EASTERN STANDARD TIME (noun)

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Meaning:

Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

Eastern Standard Time; Eastern Time; EST

Hypernyms ("Eastern Standard Time" is a kind of...):

civil time; local time; standard time (the official time in a local region (adjusted for location around the Earth); established by law or custom)