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EASTERN TIME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States
Synonyms:
Eastern Standard Time; Eastern Time; EST
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("Eastern 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)