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English

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Old English ēast.

Noun

east (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • 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...

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Derived terms

terms derived from east

Adjective

east (not comparable)

  1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
  2. (meteorology) wind from the east
  3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
  4. From the East; oriental.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

in or towards the east
meteorology: wind from the east
of or pertaining to the east
from the East

Adverb

east (not comparable)

  1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

Antonyms

Translations

towards the east
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  • Basque: sortialdeko, ekialdeko
  • Estonian: idapoolne, ida-, Ida-

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austam from Proto-Indo-European *aus- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian āst, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ōst, German Osten, Old Norse austr The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Proto-Slavic *utro.

Pronunciation

Noun

ēast m.

  1. the east

Adjective

ēast

  1. eastern, easterly

Adverb

ēast

  1. from the east
  2. towards the east

West Frisian

Noun

east

  1. east

Adjective

east

  1. east, eastern, easterly

 

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