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   east

   /iːst/

   noun

   • 1. the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a person facing north, or the point on the horizon itself: "a gale was blowing from the east"
   • ▪ the compass point corresponding to east.
   • 2. the eastern part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town: "a factory in the east of the city"
   • ▪ the regions or countries lying to the east of Europe, especially China, Japan, and India: "the protection of trade routes to the East"
   • ▪ the former communist states of eastern Europe: historical "the centrally planned system of the East"
   • 3. the player sitting to the left of North and partnering West: "East passes and you respond one heart"

   adjective

   • 1. lying towards, near, or facing the east: "the hospital's east wing"
   • ▪ (of a wind) blowing from the east: "a biting east wind"
   • ▪ situated in the part of a church containing the altar or high altar, usually the actual east: "the liturgical east window is actually in the south wall"
   • 2. of or denoting the eastern part of a specified region, town, or country: "East Fife"

   adverb

   • 1. to or towards the east: "travelling east, he met two men"

   Word Origin Old Englishēast-, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oost and German ost, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin aurora, Greek auōs ‘dawn’.

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