: the general direction of sunrise : the direction toward the right of one facing north
b
: the compass point directly opposite to west
2
capitalized
a
: regions lying to the east of a specified or implied point of orientation
b
: regions having a culture derived from ancient non-European especially Asian areas
3
: the altar end of a church
4
often capitalized
a
: the one of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies to the east or at the right of a diagram
b
: a person (such as a bridge player) occupying this position in the course of a specified activity
Example Sentences
Adjective the east side of town Noun The city is framed by mountain ranges to the east and west. The wind blew from the east. This summer has been unusually hot in the East.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
The crash happened a mile north of Madison, just east of Forrest City. Alexandria Brown, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2022 The shooting was reported around 9:15 p.m. in the area of East 16th Street and Euclid Avenue, just east of Interstate 805. David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022 However, thunderstorms could develop across central and southern Utah, mainly east of Interstate 15, on Wednesday and Thursday afternoon and evening — and the storms could bring heavy rain. Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 June 2022 A few miles east of Interstate 74, between the cornfields, a maroon 1946 Chevrolet Stylemaster gathers dust in a garage on the south side of East Thompson Road. Daniela Franco Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 24 June 2022 Sirous, who is thirty-six, and their partner, Olya Onypko, who is thirty-seven, own a condo in a high-rise apartment complex on the outskirts of Kyiv, just east of where the front line lay for all of March. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 14 June 2022 That statement also said Bickings started running and jumped over a fence and into Tempe Town Lake, just east of the pedestrian bridge. Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2022 Just a few minutes east of Reno, the Sparks Marina is a great spot for stand-up paddleboarding and kayaking that delivers wide-open views of the Sierra Nevada.Outside Online, 3 June 2022 And about 60 miles east of Lozova, Russia fired missiles at two areas of the city of Slovyansk, the main target of Moscow’s forces in eastern Ukraine, according to its mayor, Vadym Liakh.Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
Adjective
Pewabic Pottery : Originated in 1903 on the city of Detroit's east side in their now National Historic Landmark studio. Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2022 The remains were found last month in a wooded area on the east side of Youngstown, Ohio, police said Tuesday. Louis Casiano, Fox News, 16 Sep. 2022 As developers shift away from big box retailers at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora, property owners on the east side of Route 59 near the mall are asking Naperville for development tools to revitalize their business properties. Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022 Nutrition, a cafe featuring healthy shakes and energizing teas, opened April 14 at 823 E. Kilbourn Ave., on Milwaukee's lower east side.Journal Sentinel, 16 Sep. 2022 Shared among Tanzania, Burundi, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lake Tanganyika is one of Africa’s Great Lakes, a series of rift lakes on the east side of the continent. Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 16 Sep. 2022 The investigation and police presence shut down roads and delayed some people on their morning commutes Thursday on the city's east side. Jen Guadarrama, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Sep. 2022 There tends to be more snow on the west side of Glacier, as the east side receives warm Chinook winds. Katie Jackson, Outside Online, 6 Sep. 2022 An Oxford man is dead after a crash in east Alabama early Saturday, according to officials. Tandra Smith | Tsmith@al.com, al, 3 Sep. 2022
Noun
To the east of Kharkiv, Kupyansk has emerged as a key target. James Marson, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 In West Baltimore alone, about 1,500 homes and businesses — from Riggs Avenue to the north, Casey Street to the east, West Franklin Street to the south and Pulaski Street to the west — are affected. Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The neighboring provinces of Alberta to the west and Manitoba to the east also were put on alert. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022 The current forecast track has Earl passing to the east of Bermuda on Friday at hurricane strength. Jennifer Gray, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 Earl is forecast to recurve to the east and away from the U.S. Leigh Morgan, al, 4 Sep. 2022 Two residents on opposite sides of town -- Lawton to the west and Pepperwood to the east -- reported thefts of items left overnight in their respective mailboxes from Aug. 31 possibly into Sept. 1. Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 These winds flow from west to east and form a wavy pattern that undulates from north to south. Jack Lee, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Sep. 2022 To the east, in Monrovia, Dr. Francis Pottenger — whose first wife had died of TB — opened a model sanitarium. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adverb
Middle English est, from Old English ēast; akin to Old High German ōstar to the east, Latin aurora dawn, Greek ēōs, heōs
First Known Use
Adverb
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1