- towards the east
- The house faces east.
- The storm is expected to head east.
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- east of something nearer to the east than something
- They live five miles east of Oxford.
Word OriginOld English ēast-, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oost and German ost, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin aurora, Greek auōs ‘dawn’.
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