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say it: eest
east is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees". It is pronounced /ˈist/ — eest. It carries 7 recorded senses.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River
the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point
a location in the eastern part of a country, region, or city
to, toward, or in the east
“we travelled east for several miles”
“located east of Rome”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for east come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.