east

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...

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]]

4 letters in word "east": A E S T.

Anagrams of east:

• ates

• eats

• etas

• sate

• seat

• seta

• taes

• teas

Words found within east:

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• Definitions:
• the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees the countries of Asia the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River situated in or facing or moving toward the east to, toward, or in the east; "we travelled east for several miles"; "located east of Rome"
• East is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
• The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST, internal designation HT-7U) is an experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province, in eastern China. ...
• East is a novel by the author Edith Pattou.It is an adaptation of an old Norwegian folk tale entitled "East of the Sun and West of the Moon".The novel is written in a style similar to that of Brian Jacques, including the use of a change in point of view in each chapter.
• East is an ALA Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults by Edith Pattou. It was released in the UK as 'North Child'.
• East was the third studio, and fourth overall album by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel, released in June of 1980.
• East is a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland. It has a population of 0.8 million and currently elects 3 MEPs using the Single Transferable Vote system.
• noun - The cardinal direction towards planetary rotation. The opposite direction is west. Distance east or west is measured in longitude.
• [from Old English est; cf Latin aurora, Greek auos dawn] One of the four quarters of the globe, different quarters being considered sacred in archaic religio-philosophy, sometimes said to be the place whence wisdom comes: there are the wise men from the East, the star in the East; Christian ...
• The boundary of the lawn spanning hoops three and four.
• (Lhaesine pronunciation = SEE-dor) (adjective, adverb, noun) (some things Google found for "seidor": an uncommon term; Grupo Seidor is an IT consulting company in Spain - an overwhelming result; a last name)
• The Eastern hemisphere. An area about which (to most people) virtually nothing is known. Wild tales tell of a tortured land dominated by the Unlife, or a land of incredible but insane beauty, or that there is no East at all: that the world is actually flat and that ships sail off the earth.
• Loss of this logic signal drops all the shutters and beam stops in that area. A dump is caused by loss of one of the following logic signals: Area OK, Station Crash (dump buttons), area reset or light interlock.
• The east, traditionally know as the direction from which the sun and other celestial bodies rise, symbolizes new beginnings, chances, and opportunities.
• Listed in JH Easterby's "Guide to the Study and Reading of SC History"
• (1) One of the four cardinal points. (2) The general direction in which the Sun rises, particularly at the equinoxes. (3) The rising degree at the cusp of first house, placed at the midpoint on the left side of the map. ...

• eassil ←
• easselward ←
• easselgate ←
• east
• → eastbound
• → easted
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