east

east1 [ ist ] noun uncount ***

the direction that is in front of you when you are facing the rising sun, and is usually at the right on a map:

driving from east to west

a. the east the part of a country, region, or place that is in the east:

They live in the east of the city.

Most of the region's forests are in the east.

the East

1. ) AMERICAN the eastern part of the U.S., especially the states east of the Mississippi and north of Washington, D.C.

2. ) the eastern part of the world, especially China and Japan

3. ) the countries in the eastern part of Europe

east

east 2 [ ist ] adverb

toward the east:

Drive east until you come to the river.

Her house faces east.

east of (=at a distance to the east): She lives 40 miles east of Chicago.

east

east 3 [ ist ] adjective

1. ) in the east, or facing toward the east:

the east side of the house

East Africa

2. ) an east wind blows from the east