different between east vs eastbound

English

Etymology

From Middle English est, from Old English ?ast, from Proto-Germanic *austr?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews-.

Compare West Frisian east, Dutch oost, German Ost, Norwegian Nynorsk aust, Swedish öst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?st/, enPR: ?st
• Rhymes: -i?st

Noun

east (countable and uncountable, plural easts)

1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 90°, conventionally directed to the right on maps; the direction of the rising sun at an equinox. Abbreviated as E.
   • 1895, Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

     In a few hours the birds come to it from all points of the compass – east, west, north, and south […]

Coordinate terms

• (compass points)

Derived terms

Translations

Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points

Adjective

east (not comparable)

1. Situated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
2. (meteorology) wind from the east
3. Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
4. From the East; oriental.
5. (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which contains the choir or chancel.

   the east front of a cathedral

Synonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): eastward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): easterly
• (of or pertaining to the east): eastern
• (from the East): oriental

Antonyms

• (situated or lying in or towards the east): westward
• (meteorology: wind from the east): westerly
• (of or pertaining to the east): western

Translations

Adverb

east (not comparable)

1. towards the east; eastwards

Synonyms

• (towards the east): eastwards

Antonyms

• (towards the east): west. westwards

Translations

Anagrams

• AEST, ESTA, SEAT, Seat, TEAs, eats, etas, sate, saté, seat, seta, tase, teas

Estonian

Noun

east

1. elative singular of iga

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *austr?, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ews- (“eastern”). Cognate with Old Frisian ?st, Old Saxon ost, Dutch oost, Old High German ?st, German Osten, Old Norse austr. The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin auster (“southerly”) and aurora (“dawn”), Latvian austrumi (“easterly”), Albanian ag (“dawn, early morning; black mark round the eyes”), Proto-Slavic *utro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ???st/

Noun

?ast m

1. the east

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: est
  • English: east
  • Scots: eist, aist
• ? Old French: est
  • French: est
    • ? Asturian: este
    • ? Catalan: est
    • ? Corsican: este, est
    • ? Galician: leste
    • ? Italian: est
    • ? Occitan: èst
    • ? Portuguese: este, ? leste
    • ? Romanian: est
    • ? Spanish: este

Adjective

?ast

1. eastern, easterly

Declension

Adverb

?ast

1. from the east
2. towards the east

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian ?st, from Proto-Germanic *austr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.?st/

Adjective

east

1. east, eastern, easterly

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

east n (plural [please provide])

1. east

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Noun

east c (plural [please provide])

1. east, eastern former colonies

Further reading

• “east”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

east +? bound

Adjective

eastbound (not comparable)

1. Moving or heading towards the east.

   The eastbound train is late again!

Translations

Adverb

eastbound (not comparable)

1. Toward the east.

   He drove eastbound on the George Washington Bridge.

Translations

Anagrams

• aboundest, unboasted