East
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3.1
- noun
- /iːst/
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Oriente
- I WAS BORN IN THE SLUMS OF THE EAST END OF LONDON, AND THAT'S WHERE I GREW UP.
- the Middle East
That's Dutch for the United East India Company.
- That's Dutch for the United East India Company.
- So we're going to do Cuba, Middle East, peace, North Korea, and of course, Iran.
- To discover the East, Columbus sailed West.
Examples
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Wise men from the east came to Jerusalem saying "Where would you... ?"
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Or other things that would go into East Asian cooking.
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I mean, it is like my dream and life to spend time in the far east.
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We have the US and East Asia, at least Japan and Korea.
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In the east, a bloody war continued in the Donbas for four years.
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"People would come from the east, from the west, south; they all congregated there," Miller said.
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Her fans wax poetic about her ability to weave East and West together.
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A so-called Iron Curtain divided Europe between communist East and capitalist West.
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A ninety-minute drive to the east brings frustrated coastal stargazers to clear mountain skies.
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Many cultural traditions in East Asia emphasize respect for elders and family values.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very large continent with many countries and people
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3.5
Countries in eastern Asia like China, Japan, and Korea
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9.9
An old name for countries in East and Southeast Asia
Antonyms
Compounds
238
2.8
A region around the eastern Mediterranean including countries from Egypt and Turkey to Iran
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3.7
A stretch of water in New York City separating Manhattan and the Bronx from Queens and Brooklyn
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4.3
A region around the eastern Mediterranean that includes parts of Southwest Asia and Egypt
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2.3
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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3.9
A region in eastern England made of Norfolk, Suffolk, and parts of Cambridgeshire and Essex
- Archaic
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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 an old word ēast meaning 'dawn' or 'to rise'. Think of the sun rising in the east — that is why the lands to that side, especially in Asia, came to be called the 'East'.