Definition for: east

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /iːst/
• SAMPA: /i:st/

Rhymes: -iːst

Etymology

Old English ēast

Noun

east

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...

Translations

compass point

Adjective

east

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

• ( situated or lying in or towards the east ): eastward
• ( meteorology: wind from the east ): easterly
• ( of or pertaining to the east ): eastern
• ( from the East ): oriental

Antonyms

• ( situated or lying in or towards the east ): westward
• ( meteorology: wind from the east ): westerly
• ( of or pertaining to the east ): western

Translations

in or towards the east

meteorology: wind from the east

of or pertaining to the east

from the East

Adverb

east

1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

• ( towards the east ): eastwards

Antonyms

• ( towards the east ): westwards

Translations

towards the east

• Basque : sortialdeko, ekialdeko
• Esperanto : orienta
• Estonian : idapoolne, ida-, Ida-
• Frisian : eastlik, eastersk
• Interlingua : del est, oriental
• Polish : wschodni m . , wschodnia f . , wschodnie n .
• Slovak : východný m . , východná f . , východné n .
• Spanish : oriental m . & f .

Anagrams

• eats
• sate
• seat
• seta

Derived terms

• easterliness
• easterly
• eastern
• easterner
• easting
• eastward
• eastwardly
• eastwards
• northeast
• north-northeast
• southeast
• south-southeast

Related terms

• north
• south
• west

Frisian

Noun

east

1. east

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA: /æ:ast/

Etymology

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

Noun

ēast m .

1. the east

Adjective

ēast

1. eastern, easterly

Adverb

ēast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

Other Translations for "east"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		. .- ... -
Binary		1100101 1100001 1110011 1110100
Hex		65617374
Pig Latin		eastway

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