east
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- adjective
- /iːst/
:
oriental
- Let's head to the east wall and find the cable.
- the east coast
- East European
- East German
Examples
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He pointed to the east as the best direction to start our journey.
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As the sun rose in the morning, the sky turned a beautiful shade of orange in the east.
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How can I ever live on the east side of Manhattan after this scene?
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It's a big white two-story house on the east side of the road.
Fiction book (1990) -
Carthage is in east Texas.
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A concrete slab connects the east side of the garage to the back porch of the house.
Fiction book (1992) -
Six months later, FWS opened a bald eagle viewing site on the east side of the arsenal.
Academic text (1999) -
The new park is located on the east side of the river, offering stunning views.
Synonyms
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The part of a country, area, or city that is on the east side
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1.9
A direction toward the east at 90 degrees on a compass
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Moving toward the east on a road, train, or bus route
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Toward the east across land and sea
Antonyms
Compounds
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A region around the eastern Mediterranean including countries from Egypt and Turkey to Iran
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A stretch of water in New York City separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
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A region around the eastern Mediterranean that includes parts of Southwest Asia and Egypt
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The eastern coast of the United States along the Atlantic Ocean between Boston and Washington, DC
- Archaic
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4.9
An old name for the islands between Asia and Australia, like the Malay Archipelago
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5.8
A British trading company that began in 1600 and later ruled parts of India
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A region in eastern England made of Norfolk, Suffolk, and parts of Cambridgeshire and Essex
- Archaic
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A group of islands between Asia and Australia, including Indonesia, historically named by Europeans
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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 an old word for 'dawn', so when something is described as east or 'east-facing' it is on the side that gets the morning sun. This explains why east is used as an adjective for position or direction.