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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 1746
east
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Meanings
noun
- the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a person facing north, or the point on the horizon itself.E.g. a gale was blowing from the east
- the eastern part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town.E.g. a factory in the east of the city
- the player sitting to the left of North and partnering West.E.g. East passes and you respond one heart
adjective
- lying towards, near, or facing the east.E.g. the hospital's east wing
- of or denoting the eastern part of a specified region, town, or country.E.g. East Fife
adverb
- to or towards the east.E.g. travelling east, he met two men
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