east

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Coordinate terms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Antonyms 1.5.3 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Adjective 2.5 Adverb 3 West Frisian 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /iːst/, SAMPA: /i:st/
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• Rhymes: -iːst

[edit] Etymology

From Old English ēast.

[edit] Noun

east (uncountable)

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...

[edit] Coordinate terms

• (compass point): north, south, west

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[edit] Adjective

east (not comparable)

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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Antonyms

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

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[edit] Adverb

east (not comparable)

1. towards the east; eastwards

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• (towards the east): eastwards

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• (towards the east): west. westwards

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: AEST
• eats
• etas
• sate, saté
• seat
• seta
• tase
• teas

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austam from Proto-Indo-European *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’”), Proto-Slavic *utro.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æ:ast/

[edit] Noun

ēast m.

1. the east

[edit] Adjective

ēast

1. eastern, easterly

[edit] Adverb

ēast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

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[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Noun

east

1. east

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east

1. east, eastern, easterly