From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).
Meanings
(not-comparable) Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
(not-comparable) Blowing (as wind) from the east.
(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
(not-comparable) From the East; oriental.
(not-comparable) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical east.
the east front of a cathedral
Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west. 2014, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706-2013, WestBow Press, →ISBN, page 365:
The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgical east and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable […] a huge image of Christ on the [liturgical] east end, filling the entire wall and to be visible through the [liturgical] West Window (Fig. 24.2). 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371:
bg източен (of or pertaining to the east) · be ўсхо́дні (from the East) · mk источно (of or pertaining to the east) · fi itämainen (from the East) · cy dwyrain (in or towards the east) · zza akewten (in or towards the east) · pt do leste (meteorology: easterly) · ru восто́чный (in or towards the east) · mk источно (in or towards the east) · nv haʼaʼaahjigo (in or towards the east) · zza hetê akewten (from the East) · fo eystan- (meteorology: easterly) · cy dwyreiniol (of or pertaining to the east) · sv ostlig (of or pertaining to the east) · hy արևելյան (of or pertaining to the east) · it da est (from the East) · fi idänpuoleinen (meteorology: easterly) · id timur (in or towards the east) · tr doğulu (of or pertaining to the east) · mk источно (from the East) · be усхо́дні (from the East) · mt mil-lvant (from the East) · ms timur (in or towards the east) · sv orientalisk (from the East) · fi itäinen (of or pertaining to the east) · mk источна (of or pertaining to the east) · hu keleti (in or towards the east) · ar شَرْقِيٌّ (in or towards the east) · de oscht (in or towards the east) · fr à l'est (in or towards the east) · ja 東 (in or towards the east) · sv österländsk (from the East) · cs východní (from the East) · mt lejn il-lvant (in or towards the east) · te తూర్పు (of or pertaining to the east) · zza rocakewten (meteorology: easterly) · es oriental (from the East) · hy արևելյան (in or towards the east) · mk источен (of or pertaining to the east) · fi orientaalinen (from the East) · fr orientale (from the East) · gd sear (of or pertaining to the east) · pt oriental (of or pertaining to the east) · ar شَرْقِيٌّ (from the East) · eo orienta (of or pertaining to the east) · hu keleti (meteorology: easterly) · tr doğudan (from the East) · gd an ear (of or pertaining to the east) · hu keleti (from the East) · mt mil-lvant (meteorology: easterly) · ms timur (of or pertaining to the east) · eo orienta (from the East) · el ανατολικός (of or pertaining to the east) · fi itäinen (in or towards the east) · te తూర్పు (in or towards the east) · ro est (in or towards the east) · ru восто́чный (from the East) · tl silangan (in or towards the east) · cs východní (of or pertaining to the east) · ar شَرْقِيٌّ (meteorology: easterly) · fi orientaali- (from the East) · sv ostlig (meteorology: easterly) · nl oostelijk (in or towards the east) · fy eastlik (of or pertaining to the east) · sk východný (from the East) · el ανατολικός (in or towards the east) · cs východní (in or towards the east) · fi itä- (meteorology: easterly) · gd an ear (in or towards the east) · sv östra (in or towards the east) · zh 東 /东 (in or towards the east) · mk источен (from the East) · tr gün doğusu (meteorology: easterly) · gd sear (in or towards the east) · rhg fuk (in or towards the east) · cy dwyreiniol (meteorology: easterly) · pl wschodni (meteorology: easterly) · ar شَرْقِيٌّ (of or pertaining to the east) · pt oriental (in or towards the east) · cs východní (meteorology: easterly) · sk východný (of or pertaining to the east) · eo orienta (in or towards the east) · ms timur (meteorology: easterly) · tr doğu (in or towards the east) · cdo 東 /东 (in or towards the east) · sk východný (in or towards the east) · hy արևելյան (from the East) · it orientale (of or pertaining to the east) · be усхо́дні (in or towards the east) · pl wschodni (in or towards the east) · hu keleti (of or pertaining to the east) · mt tal-lvant (of or pertaining to the east) · ms timur (from the East) · fr de l'est (of or pertaining to the east) · sv öst- (in or towards the east) · hy արևելյան (meteorology: easterly) · pt ao leste (in or towards the east) · pt leste (meteorology: easterly) · es oriental (of or pertaining to the east) · te తూర్పు (from the East) · it di levante (meteorology: easterly) · pl wschodni (from the East) · nl oostelijk (of or pertaining to the east) · sv ost- (in or towards the east) · sv östlig (meteorology: easterly) · ru восто́чный (of or pertaining to the east) · la orientalis (in or towards the east) · nl oosters (from the East) · fi itä- (of or pertaining to the east) · fr oriental (from the East) · lv austrumu (in or towards the east) · eo orienta (meteorology: easterly) · be ўсхо́дні (in or towards the east) · fi itäinen (from the East) · pt oriental (from the East) · pl wschodni (of or pertaining to the east) · ja 東部 (of or pertaining to the east) · cy o'r dwyrain (from the East) · bg източен (from the East) · fi itäinen (meteorology: easterly) · be усхо́дні (of or pertaining to the east) · yoi アンガイ (in or towards the east) · mk источен (meteorology: easterly) · zza akewtenıc (of or pertaining to the east) · el ανατολικός (from the East) · be ўсхо́дні (of or pertaining to the east) · fy eastlik (in or towards the east) · fr de l'est (meteorology: easterly) · sv östlig (of or pertaining to the east) · ru восто́чный (meteorology: easterly) · sk východný (meteorology: easterly) · mk источна (from the East) · it orientale (in or towards the east) · fi itä- (in or towards the east)
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).
Meanings
Towards the east; eastwards.
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Antonyms
west (antonym(s) of “towards the east”) · westwards (antonym(s) of “towards the east”)
gd an ear (towards the east) · es rumbo al este (towards the east) · sv österut (towards the east) · pl na wschód (towards the east) · pt para o leste (towards the east) · sk východne (towards the east) · pt a leste (towards the east) · fi itää kohti (towards the east) · et idas (towards the east) · hu kelet felé (towards the east) · cs k východu (towards the east) · fy eastlik (towards the east) · fi itään (towards the east) · sv ostvart (towards the east) · cs na východ (towards the east) · bg на изток (towards the east) · cs východně (towards the east) · it a est (towards the east) · ga soir (towards the east) · eo orienten (towards the east) · es al este (towards the east) · cs východním směrem (towards the east) · te తూర్పుగా (towards the east) · lv uz austrumiem (towards the east) · twf tə́ybu (towards the east) · sk na východ (towards the east) · fr vers l 'est (towards the east) · nl oostwaarts (towards the east) · ja 東へ (towards the east) · ko 동쪽으로 (towards the east) · fi itään päin (towards the east) · pl ku wschodowi (towards the east) · es hacia el este (towards the east) · it verso est (towards the east) · pt em direção ao leste (towards the east) · cy tua'r dwyrain (towards the east)
From Middle English est, from Old English ēast, from Proto-West Germanic *austr, from Proto-Germanic *austrą, from Proto-Germanic *austraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwsteros (“east”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots aist (“east”), North Frisian uast, ååst, ööst (“east”), Saterland Frisian Aaste (“east”), West Frisian east (“east”), Dutch oost (“east”), German Ost (“east”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål øst (“east”), Faroese eystur (“east”), Icelandic austur (“east”), Norwegian Nynorsk aust, øst (“east”), Swedish ost, öst, öster (“east”); also with Avestan 𐬎𐬱𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭𐬀 (ušastara, “eastern”), Latin auster (“south”).
Meanings
The direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […] 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure:
We live in the east of the country.
Portsmouth is to the east of Southampton.
The sun rises in the east.
The levanter wind is in/from the east.
The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
We, in the west, agreed amongst ourselves that a penitentiary should be erected with our half of the money arising as above stated; and the east agreed to improve the country in their vicinity with the other half. 1855, John Reynolds, My Own Times: Embracing Also the History of My Life, page 271:
In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
A few [Anglican churches in South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland] are oriented other than due [geographic] east—St. Paul's, St. George's, and Prince George's parish churches face northeast and St. Andrew's, southeast. […] Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, the altar is located at the east end of the church, and the gallery, at the west. 2014 April 11, Paul Porwoll, Against All Odds: History of Saint Andrew's Parish Church, Charleston, 1706–2013, Bloomington, Ind.: WestBow Press, →ISBN, pages 364–365:
However, in Mies' chapel, liturgical east is magnetic west. 2018, Anat Geva, Modernism and American Mid-20th Century Sacred Architecture, Routledge, →ISBN:
The tapestry by Graham Sutherland that occupies the whole wall of the liturgical east and geographic north of the cathedral is recognisable to the point of visual exhaustion. 2019, Sarah Hosking, "Coventry Cathedral", in Prickett Stephen Prickett, Edinburgh Companion to the Bible and the Arts, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 371: