east

US: /ˈist/
UK: /ˈiːst/


English Vietnamese dictionary


east /i:st/
  • danh từ
    • hướng đông, phương đông, phía đông
      • to the east of: về phía đông của
    • miền đông
    • gió đông
    • Far East
      • Viễn đông
    • Middle East
      • Trung đông
    • Near East
      • Cận đông
    • East or West, home is best
      • dù cho đi khắp bốn phương, về nhà mới thấy quê hương đâu bằng
  • tính từ
    • đông
      • east wind: gió đông
  • phó từ
    • về hướng đông; ở phía đông

Advanced English dictionary


noun, adjective, adverb
+ noun [U, sing.] (abbreviation E)
1 (usually the east) the direction that you look towards to see the sun rise; one of the four main points of the COMPASS: Which way is east? + A gale was blowing from the east. + a town to the east of (= further east than) Chicago
Compare: NORTH, SOUTH, WEST
2 (also East) the eastern part of a country, region or city: I was born in the East, but now live in San Francisco.
3 (the East) the countries of Asia, especially China, Japan and India
4 (the East) (in the past) the Communist countries of Eastern Europe: East-West relations
+ adjective [only before noun]
1 (also East) (abbreviation E) in or towards the east: East Africa + They live on the east coast.
2 an east wind blows from the east
Compare: EASTERLY
+ adverb
towards the east: The house faces east.

Concise English dictionary


iːst
noun
+the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
+the countries of Asia
+the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River
adj.
+situated in or facing or moving toward the east
adv.
+to, toward, or in the east