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eastern Definition

east·ern (ēs′tərn)

adjective

  1. in, of, to, toward, or facing the east
  2. from the east an eastern wind
    1. of or characteristic of the East
    2. of the Eastern Church

Etymology: ME esterne < OE easterne

eastern Synonyms

eastern

modif.

  1. Concerning the direction to the east

    easterly, eastward, on the east side of; see east 1.

  2. Concerning the eastern part of the United States

    East, Atlantic, East Coast, Atlantic Seaboard, Northeastern, Southeastern, Allegheny, Appalachian, New England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, down East.

  3. Concerning the Near East or Middle East

    Southwest Asian, Levantine, Egyptian, of the Holy Land, Arabic, Hellenic, Hebraic, Israeli, Palestinian, in Asia Minor; see also ancient 2.

  4. Concerning the Far East

    Far Eastern, East Asian, Asian; see Asian 1, 2.

eastern Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • seaboard: Getting one or two hop routes to the Eastern seaboard is not uncommon from UK ISPs, and latency is really what counts.
  • shore: Near the water's edge on the eastern shore is a colony of the rare mint pennyroyal.
  • flank: Fortunately, the site is overlooked along its whole eastern flank by the elevated canal towpath.
  • edge: Walk along the field edge then turn right to walk along the eastern edge of the town ditch.
  • bloc: Carlisle: There are new markets opening up for Western cigarettes in the far east and the old eastern bloc.
  • coast: Cruising For Love Making new friends eastern coast of in true art.

Modifying Another Word

  • north: Yesterday, it blacked out huge swathes of the north eastern US to distract us from the evidence below.
  • south: Burma now called Myanmar is situated in south eastern Asia.
  • far: The church sits at the far eastern end of the village green, hard against the Norfolk border.
  • very: It is a kind of buddhist ending to what is a very eastern piece of literature.
  • vaguely: I'm not certain about it tho, but she did have an accent that sounded vaguely eastern European.
  • slightly: This creates a darker, slightly mystical edge to the music and gives a slightly eastern flavor to the track generally.

Used with adjective complement

  • include: I've seen a fair bit of Europe, including eastern Europe and Turkey.
  • sweep: Tax reform is sweeping eastern Europe and is the subject of intense discussion among our competitors such as the USA and Germany.
  • sound: I'm not certain about it tho, but she did have an accent that sounded vaguely eastern European.
  • tour: After rocking The Boat during Canadian Music Week, Sailboats Are White will tour eastern Canada with Lullabye Arkestra next month.