English Explanatory Dictionary

east

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
  2. The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
  3. In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
adj
  1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
  2. Blowing (as wind) from the east.
  3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
  4. From the East; oriental.
  5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east.
adv
  1. Towards the east; eastwards.
name
  1. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
  2. The Eastern world; the regions, primarily situated in the Eastern Hemisphere, whose culture is derived from Arabia, India, Persia or China.
  3. The Eastern Bloc; the eastern countries of Europe.
  4. the Soviet Union and its socialist allies during the Cold War.
  5. The Eastern Roman Empire.
  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.
  7. The eastern states of the United States.
  8. A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  9. A personification of the wind from the east.
  10. A surname.

Pronunciation

/iːst/ ēst en-us-east.ogg En-uk-east.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-East.wav

Word forms

east easts further east farther east furthest east farthest east Eastes

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

of pertaining to the east eastward easterly oriental eastwards easter levanter

Antonyms

westward westerly antonym(s) of “of pertaining to the east” west westwards

Related words

E North South West Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest

Derived words

Aberdare East about east Allendale East Arrowsmith East Ascot Aston Aurora East Awang East back east Bagong Barrio East Ballarat East Balliang East Balmain East Barangay East Bath and North East Somerset Baynton East Belalie East Bentleigh East Black East Indian Boambee East Boorhaman East Brighton East Broomehill East Brunswick East Budgerum East Buln Buln East Bundaberg East Burpengary East Burwood East Cabagñan East Cadcadir East Canada East Cansamada East Carunuan East Caulfield East Cheshire East Cobram East Colac East Corack East Coromandel East Cosili East Cranbourne East Croxton East Denistone East Doncaster East down east Drouin East Dudley East Dutton East eastabout East Acton East Africa East Albury East Allington East Amwell East and West Buckland East Anglia East Anstey East Ardsley East Arm

Translations

Acehnese: timu Afrikaans: oos Ainu: チュㇷ゚カ Ainu: チュペタサ Ainu: コイカ Ainu: シルルクスラマト Ainu: シルㇽ Ainu: メナㇱ Akkadian: šadûm Albanian: lindje Southern Altai: кӱнчыгыш Amharic: ምሥራቅ Arabic: شَرْق Arabic: مَشْرِق Aramaic: מדנחא Aramaic: ܡܕܢܚܐ Armenian: արևելք Old Armenian: արեւելք Aromanian: datã Assamese: পূব Asturian: este Azerbaijani: şərq West Coast Bajau: timur Bashkir: көнсығыш Bashkir: шәреҡ Basque: sortalde Basque: eguzkialde Basque: ekialde Karo Batak: purba Toba Batak: purba Toba Batak: habinsaran Belarusian: усхо́д Belarusian: ўсход Bengali: পূর্ব Central Bikol: sirangan Breton: reter Bulgarian: и́зток Burmese: အရှေ့ Burmese: ပုဗ္ဗ Carpathian Rusyn: восто́к Catalan: est Catalan: llevant Catalan: orient Cebuano: sidlakan Chechen: малхбале Cherokee: ᏗᎧᎸᎬᎢ Chinese Cantonese: 東 /东 Chinese Cantonese: 東方 /东方 Chinese: дун Chinese: дунфон Chinese: 東 /东 Eastern Min Chinese: 東 /东 Gan Chinese: 東 /东 Hakka Chinese: 東 /东 Jin Chinese: 東 /东 Chinese Mandarin: 東 /东 Chinese Mandarin: 東方 /东方 Northern Min Chinese: 東 /东 Wu Chinese: 東 /东
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