east
English
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Etymology
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér (“east”). Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Danish øst, Norwegian Nynorsk aust, Swedish öst.
Pronunciation
Noun
east (plural easts)
- The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
- Alternative form: (abbreviation) E
- Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton.
- We live in the east of the country.
- 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 […]
- The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. [circa 1300]
- 1855, John Reynolds, My Own Times: Embracing Also the History of My Life, page 271:
- 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.
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
- 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:
- 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.
- 2018, Anat Geva, Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture, Routledge, →ISBN:
- However, in Mies' chapel, liturgical east is magnetic west.
- 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:
- The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgical east and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable to the point of visual exhaustion.
Coordinate terms
northwest | north | northeast |
west | ![]() |
east |
southwest | south | southeast |
Derived terms
- Aberdare East
- about east
- Ascot
- Aston
- back east
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Cheshire East
- down east
- East Acton
- East Africa
- East Allington
- East Amwell
- East and West Buckland
- East Anglia
- East Ardsley
- East Aurora
- East Ayrshire
- East Azerbaijan
- East Barkwith
- East Barnet
- East Bedlington
- East Bend
- East Bethlehem
- East Boldon
- eastbound
- East Brent
- East Bridgford
- East Buckland
- East Budleigh
- Eastbury
- east by north
- east by northeast
- east by south
- East Cambridgeshire
- East Carleton
- East Carlton
- East Carroll Parish
- East Chevington
- East Chicago
- Eastchurch
- East Clandon
- East Cleveland
- Eastcote
- East Cowton
- East Dallas
- East Dean
- East Devon
- East Didsbury
- East Dorset
- East Dubuque
- East Dulwich
- East Dunbartonshire
- East End
- easterliness
- easterly
- eastern
- easterner
- East Falkland
- East Farleigh
- East Feliciana Parish
- East Finchley
- East Fishkill
- East Fortune
- East Garston
- East Gippsland
- East Glacier Park
- East Goscote
- East Greenwich
- East Grinstead
- East Gwillimbury
- East Halton
- East Hampshire
- East Hampton
- East Hants
- East Harling
- East Hartford
- East Haven
- East Hertfordshire
- East Horndon
- East Horsley
- East Huntspill
- easting
- East Kilbride
- East Knoyle
- East Kootenay
- Eastlake
- East Langton
- East Lansing
- East Lavington
- East Leake
- East Lindsey
- East Linton
- East London
- East Lothian
- East Markham
- East Marlborough
- East Mead
- East Melbourne
- East Moline
- East Moors
- East Naples
- East Northamptonshire
- east-northeast
- east-north-east
- east northeast
- east-northeasterly
- east-northeastern
- east-northeastward
- east-northeastwards
- East Norton
- Easton
- East Orange
- East Palestine
- East Peckham
- East Peoria
- East Pilbara
- East Providence
- East Renfrewshire
- East Riding
- East Runton
- Eastside
- east side, eastside
- east-southeast
- east-south-east
- east southeast
- east-southeasterly
- east-southeastern
- east-southeastward
- east-southeastwards
- East Staffordshire
- East St. Louis
- East Stroudsburg
- East Suffolk
- East Sussex
- East Tilbury
- East Timor
- East Tisted
- East Turkestan
- East Turkistan
- eastward
- eastwardly
- eastwards
- east-west
- East Whiteland
- Eastwood
- East Woodburn
- East Woodhay
- East York
- East Zorra
- Essex
- Gilling East
- Highlands East
- Holme East Waver
- Kew East
- nor'-east
- nor'-nor'-east
- north by east
- northeast
- north-east
- northeast by east
- North East Derbyshire
- North East Lincolnshire
- north-northeast
- north-north-east
- Perth East
- sou'-east
- sou'-sou'-east
- south by east
- south-east
- southeast
- southeast by east
- south-south-east
- south-southeast
- star in the east
- St Newlyn East
Translations
- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
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Adjective
east (not comparable)
- Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
- (meteorology) Blowing (as wind) from the east.
- Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
- From the East; oriental.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east.
- the east front of a cathedral
- 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:
- 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.
- 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:
- The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgical east and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable […] a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end, filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2).
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
- (antonym(s) of “situated or lying in or towards the east”): westward
- (antonym(s) of “meteorology: wind from the east”): westerly
- (antonym(s) of “of or pertaining to the east”): western
Translations
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Adverb
east (not comparable)
Synonyms
- (towards the east): eastwards
Antonyms
Translations
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Descendants
- → Cornish: est
Anagrams
Estonian
Noun
east
Old English
Alternative forms
- ēaste f
Etymology
Related to Proto-West Germanic *austr.
Pronunciation
Noun
ēast m
- the east
Declension
Descendants
Adjective
ēast
Declension
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | ēast | ēast | ēast |
Accusative | ēastne | ēaste | ēast |
Genitive | ēastes | ēastre | ēastes |
Dative | ēastum | ēastre | ēastum |
Instrumental | ēaste | ēastre | ēaste |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | ēaste | ēasta, ēaste | ēast |
Accusative | ēaste | ēasta, ēaste | ēast |
Genitive | ēastra | ēastra | ēastra |
Dative | ēastum | ēastum | ēastum |
Instrumental | ēastum | ēastum | ēastum |
Descendants
- English: east
Adverb
ēast
- from the east
- towards the east
Descendants
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian āst, from Proto-West Germanic *austr.
Pronunciation
Adjective
east
Inflection
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Noun
east n (plural [please provide])
Noun
east c (plural [please provide])
- east, eastern former colonies
See also
- (compass points)
noard | ||
west | ![]() |
east |
súd |
Further reading
- “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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