EAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does East mean? 

• EAST (noun)
  The noun EAST has 5 senses:

1. the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

2. the countries of Asia

3. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

4. the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point

5. a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city

  Familiarity information: EAST used as a noun is common.

• EAST (adjective)
  The adjective EAST has 1 sense:

1. situated in or facing or moving toward the east

  Familiarity information: EAST used as an adjective is very rare.

• EAST (adverb)
  The adverb EAST has 1 sense:

1. to, toward, or in the east

  Familiarity information: EAST used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

due east; E; east; eastward

Hypernyms ("east" is a kind of...):

cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The countries of Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

East; Orient

Instance hypernyms:

Asia (the nations of the Asian continent collectively)

Meronyms (parts of "East"):

Far East (a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia))

Attribute:

eastern (relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

East; eastern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (parts of "East"):

Appalachian Mountains; Appalachians (a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States)

East Coast (the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.))

Northeast; northeastern United States (the northeastern region of the United States)

Southeast; southeastern United States (the southeastern region of the United States)

Attribute:

eastern (of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States)

Holonyms ("East" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("east" is a kind of...):

direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("east" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

• EAST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated in or facing or moving toward the east

Similar:

eastbound; eastward (moving toward the east)

easterly; eastern (from the east; used especially of winds)

easterly; eastern (lying in or toward the east)

eastern (lying toward or situated in the east)

easternmost; eastmost (farthest to the east)

eastside (of the eastern part of a city e.g. Manhattan)

Antonym:

west (situated in or facing or moving toward the west)

• EAST (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To, toward, or in the east

Context example:

located east of Rome

 Context examples 

A province in the east of Canada, composed of Newfoundland Island and Labrador.

(Newfoundland and Labrador, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in the Pacific, comprised of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia.

(New Caledonia, NCI Thesaurus)

I got upon a height, and looking on every side into the sea; fancied I saw a small island toward the north-east.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The rays of the searchlight were kept fixed on the harbour mouth across the East Pier, where the shock was expected, and men waited breathless.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A country in southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran.

(Afghanistan, CIA World Factbook)

East Indian lemongrass oil has antifungal activity.

(East Indian Lemongrass Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and New Zealand and east of Samoa.

(American Samoa, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person from any of the countries of southwest Asia and northeastern Africa; this region includes those countries east of Egypt and south of Turkey and extending to Iran in the east.

(Middle Eastern or North African, NCI Thesaurus)

A group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southwest of Wallis and Fortuna and east of Vanuatu.

(Fiji, NCI Thesaurus)

The ordinal direction halfway between north and east.

(Northeast, NCI Thesaurus)