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Definition of east adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

east

adverb
 
 
/iːst/
 
/iːst/
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  1.  
     towards the east
    • The house faces east.
    • The storm is expected to head east.
  2.  
     east of something nearer to the east than something
    • They live five miles east of Oxford.
    3. 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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