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

a gale was blowing from the east

the Atlantic Ocean to the east of Florida

the eastern part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town

a factory in the east of the city

the player sitting to the left of North and partnering West

East passes and you respond one heart

lying towards, near, or facing the east

the hospital's east wing

of or denoting the eastern part of a specified region, town, or country

East Fife

East African

to or towards the east

travelling east, he met two men

the river rises east of Brentford