- Eastern(abbreviation E)[only before noun] located in the east or facing east
- eastern Spain
- Eastern Europe
- the eastern slopes of the mountain
- the capital of the eastern province of Nangarhar
- There has been flooding in eastern parts of the city.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- usually Easternconnected with the part of the world that is to the east of Europe
- Eastern culture/cookery
Word OriginOld English ēasterne (as east, -ern).
Check pronunciation:
eastern