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How to pronounce east
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What does east mean?
nounThe direction of the earth's rotation, specifically 90°.
“The sun rises in the east.”
The eastern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
In a church: the direction of the altar and chancel; the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
“However, in Mies' chapel, liturgical east is magnetic west.”
adjSituated or lying in or towards the east; eastward.
Blowing (as wind) from the east.
Of or pertaining to the east; eastern.
advTowards the east; eastwards.
“a point six miles east of here”
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