Definitions for East

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East east

Spelling: [eest]

IPA: /ist/

East is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 4 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in East (aest).

Definitions for East

noun

1. a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the right of north. Abbreviation: E.
2. the direction in which this point lies.
3. (usually initial capital letter) a quarter or territory situated in this direction.
4. the East, the parts of Asia collectively lying east of Europe and including Asia Minor, Syria, Arabia, India, China, etc.; the Orient. the Far East. (formerly) the Soviet Union and its allies. the part of the U.S. east of the Mississippi River. the part of the U.S. east of the Allegheny Mountains. New England. Ancient and Medieval History. the Eastern Roman Empire.

adverb

1. to, toward, or in the east:

adjective

1. directed or proceeding toward the east.
2. coming from the east:
3. lying toward or situated in the east:
4. Ecclesiastical. being at the end of the church where the high altar is:

Origin of East

before 900; Middle English est, Old English ēast; cognate with German ost, Old Norse austr; akin to Latin aurōra, Greek aúōs (dialectal variant of ēṓs, héōs) dawn. See

Examples for East

Camped on east side of the sand-hills, with first-rate feed for the horses.

I see some man in the east has a fad for breaking the ice in the river and going swimming.

That goodness steered him clear of the Sex Boys, the Crazy Homicides, the Sons of Nuns, and the other gangs of east New York.

Eventually, DeCrow and Seidenberg filed suit against the east Village mainstay.

The Hazard gang is a multi-generational gang based in the east Los Angeles area.

Other communist countries that withdrew their films and delegates included east Germany, Cuba, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

Ascended the Frere Ranges and got a fine view to the north and east.

To the east, plains for at least thirty miles, when broken ranges were visible.

“Please, please do not permit this to happen here in Florida,” wrote Cris K. Smith of east Polk County.

The West and the east were met in conflict,—the old and the new, the stale and the fresh.