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East

//iːst// adj, adv, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Blowing (as wind) from the east. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to the east; eastern. not-comparable
  4. 4
    From the East; oriental. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east. not-comparable

    "the east front of a cathedral"

Adjective
  1. 1
    situated in or facing or moving toward the east wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Towards the east; eastwards.
Adverb
  1. 1
    to, toward, or in the east wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A personification of the wind from the east. countable, uncountable

    "[…] I sat down and wrote, / In such a hand as when a field of corn / Bows all its ears before the roaring East; […]"

  2. 2
    The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China. countable, uncountable

    "I remember a hearty welcome; a prodigious supper, which would have fed a whole village in the East; […]"

  3. 3
    The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War. countable, historical, uncountable
  5. 5
    The Eastern Roman Empire. countable, historical, uncountable
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  1. 6
    That part of the Christian Church whose traditions and practices originated in the former territories of the Eastern Roman Empire, including the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Church of the East. countable, uncountable

    "The words may suggest that the Roman rite is in some way superior to those of the East: a fallacy now equally reprobated by Rome."

  2. 7
    The eastern states of the United States. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    The eastern part of any region. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A surname. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.

    "Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton."

  2. 2
    a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city wordnet
  3. 3
    The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

    "We, in the west, agreed amongst ourselves that a penitentiary should be erected with our half of the money arising as above stated; and the east agreed to improve the country in their vicinity with the other half."

  4. 4
    the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees wordnet
  5. 5
    In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

    "A few [Anglican churches in South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland] are oriented other than due [geographic] east—St. Paul's, St. George's, and Prince George's parish churches face northeast and St. Andrew's, southeast. […] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west."

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  1. 6
    the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”). Cognates Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).

Etymology 4

The civil parish is named for its geographical location. Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.

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