east
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1.0
- noun
- /iːst/
:
este
- The sun rises in the east every morning.
- rise in the east
- east-west
- north and east
So I typically will go in between the east and the South.
- So I typically will go in between the east and the South.
- And we water to the east, water to the north is nourishing.
- It's basically a strip of land to the east of Manhattan.
- Tonto and DB got the east and the South.
Examples
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Stars rise in the east and set in the West.
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Why does the sun rise in the east?
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That system finally moved off to the east.
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Across the valley to the east, a great dry plain extended as far as I could see.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's basically a strip of land to the east of Manhattan.
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Soldiers from the local garrison were in formation to the east of the square.
Academic text (1991) -
To the east there's just more swamp.
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The sun was masked yet in the east, and shadows lay over everything.
Fiction book (1992) -
The moon in the east was starting to rise, casting long shadows on the ridgetop.
Fiction book (1991) -
A rolling vista of ridges stretched to the east and the hazy horizon.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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1.9
A direction toward the east at 90 degrees on a compass
7
1.0
The direction at the right on most maps where the sun rises
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1.7
The compass direction that points to the east
Antonyms
Compounds
238
2.8
A region around the eastern Mediterranean including countries from Egypt and Turkey to Iran
16
3.7
A stretch of water in New York City separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
7
4.3
A region around the eastern Mediterranean that includes parts of Southwest Asia and Egypt
3
2.3
The eastern coast of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean between Boston and Washington, DC
- Archaic
2
4.9
An old name for the islands between Asia and Australia, like the Malay Archipelago
2
5.8
A British trading company that began in 1600 and later ruled parts of India
1
3.9
A region in eastern England made of Norfolk, Suffolk, and parts of Cambridgeshire and Essex
- Archaic
1
5.0
A group of islands between Asia and Australia, including Indonesia, historically named by Europeans
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3.2
The direction halfway between east and southeast, about 112.5 degrees from north
A former area of eastern Africa ruled by Britain from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s
A tall African tree with wood that smells nice and lasts a long time for making furniture and houses
- Archaic
A reddish or black sticky juice from some trees used in medicine and tanning
A large Indian tree with hard dark purple-brown wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and scented night flowers from northern India to Thailand
- Indian
A large tree from India with dark, hard wood used for fine furniture and musical instruments
The part of Malaysia on the island of Borneo that includes Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan
- Archaic
A form of Middle English from the East Midlands that later forms the basis of Modern English
- Specialized
A group of old languages like Gothic once used in eastern Europe and no longer spoken
- Specialized
Languages from the Germanic family once spoken in Eastern Europe, for example Gothic, and now no longer spoken
A city in southwest Illinois on the Mississippi River across from Saint Louis, Missouri
A sea between Japan and the eastern coasts of Korea and Russia, often called the Sea of Japan
- Specialized
An eastern dialect of the dead Tocharian language spoken long ago in the Turpan area of Xinjiang, China
An armed group of Uighur Muslims who want their own country in Xinjiang and use violence
A Uighur Muslim group that wants Xinjiang to be independent and is listed as a terrorist group by some countries
A UN group that helps Asian and Far Eastern countries develop their economies
- Specialized
A viral illness that causes fever, cough, and breathing problems and often spreads from camels to people
- Specialized
A compass direction one point east of northeast, halfway to east-northeast
A compass direction that is a little east of southeast at about 124 degrees from north
Surface Forms
Etymology
East comes from a very old word meaning 'dawn' or 'to shine', because it points to where the sun rises. So, east means the direction of the sunrise.