due east
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- noun
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exactamente al este
- The camp's about a three-day walk due east.
- miles due east
- sun rises due east
- head due east
Examples
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We're moving due east.
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Okay, and then you just head due east.
Fiction book (1999) -
We're driving due east on a country road.
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We head due east until we're clear.
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Oh, about 10 miles due east of here.
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The other side of the mountains is due east.
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We are approximately 45 miles due east of Point Bravo.
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We were due east of where we'd begun.
Fiction book (1999) -
In case you're not sure, we've been traveling due east about eight miles.
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We're driving due east on a country road.
Synonyms
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1.0
The direction where the sun rises
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The direction at the right on most maps where the sun rises
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The compass direction that points to the east
Antonyms
How Exact
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'exactly east' is directly compositional from 'due' (exactly/in a particular direction) + 'east' (the compass point), so a learner who knows both words can derive the phrase. This is a productive and cross-linguistically common pattern (e.g. 'due north', 'justo al este'), making the MWE immediately understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
Due east may come from the old use of due to mean 'straight' or 'direct'. People would use due with east to show a straight line on a map or compass, so it came to mean 'exactly east'.