east , East
1 n-uncount Theeast is the direction where the sun rises.
also the N
...the vast swamps which lie to the east of the River Nile..., The principal range runs east to west.
2 n-sing Theeastof a place, country, or region is the part which is in the east.
usu the N, oft N of n
...a village in the east of the country...
3 adv If you go east, you travel towards the east.
ADV after v
To drive, go east on Route 9.
4 adv Something that is eastof a place is positioned to the east of it.
usu ADV of n
...just east of the center of town.
5 adj The east edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the east.
ADJ n
...a low line of hills running along the east coast.
6 adj East is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the east of a larger area
ADJ n
He had been on safari in East Africa with his son.
7 adj An east wind is a wind that blows from the east.
8 n-sing The East is used to refer to the southern and eastern part of Asia, including India, China, and Japan.
the N
Every so often, a new martial art arrives from the East.
9 →
Middle East →
Far East
East German (East Germans plural )East German is used to describe things that belonged or related to the former German Democratic Republic. adj
East Germans were people from the German Democratic Republic., n-count
Far East
The Far East is used to refer to all the countries of Eastern Asia, including China, Japan, North and South Korea, and Indochina. n-proper the N
Middle East
TheMiddle East is the area around the eastern Mediterranean that includes Iran and all the countries in Asia to the west and south-west of Iran. n-proper the N
The two great rivers of the Middle East rise in the mountains of Turkey.
Near East
The Near East is the same as theMiddle East. n-proper the N
north-east , northeast
1 n-uncount The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.
also the N
The land to the north-east fell away into meadows.
2 n-sing The north-east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the north-east.
the N, oft N of n
The north-east, with 60 million people, is the most densely populated part of the United States..., They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England.
3 adv If you go north-east, you travel towards the north-east.
ADV after v
The streets were jammed with slow moving traffic, army convoys moving north-east.
4 adv Something that is north-east of a place is positioned to the north-east of it.
ADV of n
This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles north-east of the capital, Monrovia.
5 adj The north-east edge, corner, or part of a place is the part which is towards the north-east.
ADJ n
(=north-eastern)
...Waltham Abbey on the north-east outskirts of London.
6 adj A north-east wind is a wind that blows from the north-east.
ADJ n
By 9.15 a bitter north-east wind was blowing.
south-east , southeast
1 n-uncount The south-east is the direction which is halfway between south and east.
also the N
The city of Ch'eng Tu lies some seven hundred miles to the South-East.
2 n-sing Thesouth-eastof a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south-east.
usu the N, oft N of n
...the regional electricity company serving the South-east of England..., The heaviest snowfalls today are expected in the south east.
3 adv If you go south-east, you travel towards the south-east.
ADV after v
We turned south-east, making for Portoferraio.
4 adv Something that is south-east of a place is positioned to the south-east of it.
ADV of n
...the potteries of Iznik, some 120km south-east of Istanbul.
5 adj The south-east part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-east.
ADJ n
...South-East Asia., ...an island just off Shetland's south-east coast.
6 adj A south-east wind is a wind that blows from the south-east.
ADJ n
