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See also:East

English

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East.
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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishest, fromOld Englishēast, fromProto-West Germanic*austr, fromProto-Germanic*austrą, fromProto-Germanic*austraz, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂éwsteros(“east”).

Cognates

Cognate withScotsaist(“east”),North Frisianuast,ååst,ööst(“east”),Saterland FrisianAaste(“east”),West Frisianeast(“east”),Dutchoost(“east”),GermanOst(“east”),Danish,Norwegian Bokmåløst(“east”),Faroeseeystur(“east”),Icelandicaustur(“east”),Norwegian Nynorskaust,øst(“east”),Swedishost,öst,öster(“east”); also withAvestan𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀(ušastara,“eastern”),Latinauster(“south”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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east (pluraleasts)

  2. The direction of the earth'srotation, specifically 90°.
    Alternative form:(abbreviation)E
    Portsmouth is to theeast of Southampton.
    We live in theeast of the country.
    The sun rises in theeast.
    The levanter wind is in/from theeast.
    • 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[…]
  3. The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.[circa 1300]
    • 1855, John Reynolds,My Own Times: Embracing Also the History of My Life, page271:
      We, in the west, agreed amongst ourselves that a penitentiary should be erected with our half of the money arising as above stated; and theeast agreed to improve the country in their vicinity with the other half.
  4. (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction of thealtar andchancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebratingad orientem.
    • 2014 April 11, Paul Porwoll,Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706–2013, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press,→ISBN,pages364–365:
      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 atecclesiasticaleast (to avoid overcomplicating matters), notgeographical 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, liturgicaleast is magnetic west.
    • 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett,Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press,→ISBN, page371:
      The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgicaleast and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable to the point of visual exhaustion.

Coordinate terms

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compass points: [edit]

northwestnorthnortheast
westeast
southwestsouthsoutheast

Derived terms

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Translations

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Also seeAppendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
compass point
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Adjective

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east (notcomparable)

  1. Situated or lying in or towards the east;eastward.
  2. (meteorology) Blowing (aswind) from the east.
  3. Of or pertaining to the east;eastern.
  4. From theEast;oriental.
  5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east.
    theeast front of a cathedral
    • 2014, Paul Porwoll,Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press,→ISBN, page365:
      Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated atecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), notgeographical ormagnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at theeast 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, page371:
      The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgicaleast 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

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  • (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

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  • (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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in or towards the east
meteorology: easterly
of or pertaining to the east
from the East

Adverb

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east (comparativefurthereastorfarthereast,superlativefurthesteastorfarthesteast)

  1. Towards the east;eastwards.

Synonyms

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Antonyms

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Translations

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towards the east
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Descendants

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  • → Cornish:est

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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east

  1. elativesingular ofiga

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-West Germanic*austr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ēast m

  2. theeast

Declension

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Stronga-stem:

singularplural
nominativeēastēastas
accusativeēastēastas
genitiveēastesēasta
dativeēasteēastum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Adjective

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ēast

  2. eastern,easterly

Declension

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Declension ofēast — Strong
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeēastēastēast
Accusativeēastneēasteēast
Genitiveēastesēastreēastes
Dativeēastumēastreēastum
Instrumentalēasteēastreēaste
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeēasteēasta,ēasteēast
Accusativeēasteēasta,ēasteēast
Genitiveēastraēastraēastra
Dativeēastumēastumēastum
Instrumentalēastumēastumēastum
Declension ofēast — Weak
SingularMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeēastaēasteēaste
Accusativeēastanēastanēaste
Genitiveēastanēastanēastan
Dativeēastanēastanēastan
Instrumentalēastanēastanēastan
PluralMasculineFeminineNeuter
Nominativeēastanēastanēastan
Accusativeēastanēastanēastan
Genitiveēastra,ēastenaēastra,ēastenaēastra,ēastena
Dativeēastumēastumēastum
Instrumentalēastumēastumēastum

Descendants

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Adverb

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ēast

  2. from the east
  3. towards the east

Descendants

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  • Middle English:est
  • → Old French:est
    • French:est (see there for further descendants)

West Frisian

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Etymology

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FromOld Frisianāst, fromProto-West Germanic*austr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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east

  1. east,eastern,easterly

Inflection

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Noun

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east n (plural[please provide])

  1. east

Noun

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east c (plural[please provide])

  1. east, eastern former colonies

See also

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compass points: [edit]

noard
westeast
súd

Further reading

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  • “east”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011

Yola

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishest, fromOld Englishēast, fromProto-West Germanic*austr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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east

  1. east

Related terms

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References

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  • Charles Vallancey (1788), “Memoir of the Language, Manners and Customs of an Anglo-Saxon Colony Settled in the Baronies of Forth and Bargie, in the County of Wexford, Ireland, in 1167, 1168 and 1169.”, inThe Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy‎[1], volume 2, Royal Irish Academy, page34
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