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What (who) is east - definition
ONE OF THE FOUR CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
![A 16-point [[compass rose]] with east highlighted to the right](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Compass Rose English East.svg?width=200 "A 16-point [[compass rose]] with east highlighted to the right")
east
also East
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
The east is the direction where the sun rises.
...the vast swamps which lie to the east of the River Nile...
The principal range runs east to west.
N-UNCOUNT: also the N
2.
The east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the east.
...a village in the east of the country...
N-SING: usu the N, oft N of n
3.
If you go east, you travel towards the east.
To drive, go east on Route 9.
ADV: ADV after v
4.
Something that is east of a place is positioned to the east of it.
...just east of the center of town.
ADV: usu ADV of n
5.
The east edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the east.
...a low line of hills running along the east coast.
ADJ: ADJ n
6.
East is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the east of a larger area
He had been on safari in East Africa with his son.
ADJ: ADJ n
7.
An east wind is a wind that blows from the east.
ADJ
8.
The East is used to refer to the southern and eastern part of Asia, including India, China, and Japan.
Every so often, a new martial art arrives from the East.
N-SING: the N
9.
east
I
adj., adv. east of
II
n.
1) in, to the east
2) (AE) back east ('in the eastern part of the US')
3) (BE) out east ('in, to Asia')
4) the Far; Middle; Near east
USAGE NOTE: The Far East refers to the countries of eastern Asia. The Middle East refers to the countries of the eastern Mediterranean. The Near East is now generally a synonym of the preceding term; formerly it referred to the Balkans and the Ottoman Empire.
EAST
Wikipedia
East
East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth.
Examples of use of east
1. The same applies for the North, East and North East.
2. British Red Cross Middle East crisis appeal Oxfam Middle East crisis appeal Save the Children Middle East appeal Christian Aid Middle East crisis appeal Care International Crisis appeal CAFOD Middle East emergency appeal World Vision Middle East appeal Islamic Relief Emergency appeal
3. The 1' men were: Abdula Ahmed Ali, 25, from east London; Cossor Ali, 23, from east London; Shazad Khuram Ali, 27, from High Wycombe, about 35 miles (56 kilometres) from London; Nabeel Hussain, 22, from east London; Tanvir Hussain, 25, from east London; Umair Hussain, 24, from east London; Umar Islam, 28, from High Wycombe; Waseem Kayani, 2', from High Wycombe; Assan Abdullah Khan, 21, from east London; Waheed Arafat Khan, 25, from east London; Osman Adam Khatib, 1', from east London; Abdul Muneem Patel, 17, from east London; Tayib Rauf, 22, from Birmingham, west central England; Muhammed Usman Saddique, 24, from east London; Assad Sarwar, 26, from High Wycombe; Ibrahim Savant, 25, from east London; Amin Asmin Tariq, 23, from east London; Shamin Mohammed Uddin, 35, from east London; and Waheed Zaman, 22, from east London.
4. Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1'67 Middle East War.
5. "The Middle East is the Middle East," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit.