east

Definition

  • noun: the direction where the sun rises
  • noun: the general direction of sunrise
  • adverb: to, toward, or in the east
  • synonyms: eastward, orientate, eastern

Examples

  • The city is framed by mountain ranges to the 'east' and west.

  • This summer has been unusually hot in 'the East'.

  • The ships sailed 'east'. [='easterly, eastward']

Movie quotes

  • (..) Everything I fought to protect, I have... destroyed. Another ten here, here, and here, along Redridge Mountains. While the Eastern Sea hems them in both south and east. If we hold these positions, we will be at our strongest. And where there is times as many. Our priority must be (..)
    2016 Warcraft