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EASTERN
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
From the east; used especially of winds
Example:
the winds are easterly
Synonyms:
easterly; eastern
Classified under:
Similar:
east (situated in or facing or moving toward the east)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lying in or toward the east
Example:
eastern cities
Synonyms:
easterly; eastern
Classified under:
Similar:
east (situated in or facing or moving toward the east)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Lying toward or situated in the east
Example:
the eastern end of the island
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
east (situated in or facing or moving toward the east)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world
Example:
the Eastern religions
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
oriental (denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East)
Attribute:
East; Orient (the countries of Asia)
Antonym:
western (relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States
Example:
the Eastern establishment
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
east-central (of a region of the United States generally including Kentucky, West Virginia)
mid-Atlantic; middle Atlantic (of a region of the United States generally including Delaware; Maryland; Virginia; and usually New York; Pennsylvania; New Jersey)
northeastern (of a region of the United States generally including the New England states; New York; and sometimes New Jersey and Pennsylvania)
southeastern (of a region of the United States generally including Alabama; Georgia; Florida; Tennessee; South Carolina; North Carolina)
Attribute:
East; eastern United States (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River)
Antonym:
western (of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River)
Context examples:
A chain of extinct underwater volcanoes rising 1000m or higher above the sea floor, either flat-topped or peaked and located in the eastern North Atlantic.
(Dreizack seamounts, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)
Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) Performance status.
(ECOG - Performance Status, NCI Thesaurus)
A state in the north eastern of Mexico.
(Nuevo Leon, NCI Thesaurus)
We possessed a house in Geneva, and a campagne on Belrive, the eastern shore of the lake, at the distance of rather more than a league from the city.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The sun had risen over Ashurst and Denny woods, and was shining brightly, though the eastern wind had a sharp flavor to it, and the leaves were flickering thickly from the trees.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A country in eastern Europe, northeast of Romania.
(Moldova, Republic of, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in eastern Asia, occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea.
(Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Sudan and Ethiopia.
(Eritrea, NCI Thesaurus)
The native people inhabiting the Arctic of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, or eastern Siberia.
(Eskimo, NCI Thesaurus)
The fungus is common in the eastern and central United States.
(Histoplasmosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
