EAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does East mean?
• EAST (noun)
The noun EAST has 3 senses:
1. the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
2. the countries of Asia
3. the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
Familiarity information: EAST used as a noun is uncommon.
• 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)
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
due east; eastward; east; E
Hypernyms ("east" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Meaning:
The countries of Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Orient; East
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)
Meaning:
The region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
eastern United States; East
Hypernyms ("East" is a kind of...):
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (parts of "East"):
Southeast; southeastern United States (the southeastern region of the United States)
Northeast; northeastern United States (the northeastern region of the United States)
East Coast (the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.))
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)
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)
• EAST (adjective)
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)
Meaning:
To, toward, or in the east
Context examples:
we travelled east for several miles / located east of Rome
