east
see also: East
Pronunciation Noun
East
Pronunciation
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see also: East
Pronunciation Noun
east
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox. Abbreviated as E.
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
- In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […]
- 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure
- French: est, orient, levant
- German: Osten, Ost
- Italian: est, oriente, levante
- Portuguese: este, leste, oriente
- Russian: восто́к
- Spanish: este, oriente, levante
east (not comparable)
- Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
- (meteorology) wind from the east
- Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
- From the East; oriental.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel.
- the east front of a cathedral
- (situated or lying in or towards the east) eastward
- (meteorology: wind from the east) easterly
- (of or pertaining to the east) eastern
- (from the East) oriental
- (situated or lying in or towards the east) westward
- (meteorology: wind from the east) westerly
- (of or pertaining to the east) western
- French: de l'est
- Italian: di levante
- Portuguese: do leste, leste
- Russian: восто́чный
east (not comparable)
Synonyms- (towards the east) eastwards
- Portuguese: a leste, para o leste, em direção ao leste
- Spanish: hacia el este, al este, (con) rumbo al este
East
Pronunciation
- IPA: /iːst/
- (personification) The wind from the east.
- 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess
- and I sat down and wrote, In such a hand as when a field of corn Bows all its ears before the roaring East
- 1859: Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
- uneasy rushes of wind went through the hall [...] East, West, North, and South, through the woods, four heavy-treading, unkempt figures crushed the high grass and cracked the branches
- 1847: Alfred Lord Tennyson, The Princess
- The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India or China.
- 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone:
- I remember a hearty welcome; a prodigious supper, which would have fed a whole village in the East
- 1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone:
- The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.
- (historical) the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.
- The eastern states of the United States.
- The eastern part of any region.
- Surname
- French: orient, levant
- German: Osten
- Italian: oriente, levante
- Portuguese: levante, nascente, oriente
- Russian: Восто́к
- Spanish: oriente
- French: les états de l'est des États-Unis
- Italian: gli stato
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