What does Eastern mean?

Definitions for Eastern
ˈi stərneast·ern

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Eastern.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. easternadjective

    lying toward or situated in the east

    "the eastern end of the island"

  2. easternadjective

    of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States

    "the Eastern establishment"

  3. easterly, easternadjective

    lying in or toward the east

    "the east side of New York"; "eastern cities"

  4. easternadjective

    relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world

    "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions"

  5. easterly, easternadjective

    from the east; used especially of winds

    "an eastern wind"; "the winds are easterly"

Wiktionary

  1. easternadjective

    Of, facing, situated in, or related to the east

  2. easternadjective

    blowing from the east; easterly

  3. easternadjective

    oriental

  4. Etymology: From esterne, from easterne, from austrōnjaz, from austero-, from aus-. Cognate with and ostroni, austroenn. More at east.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Easternadjective

    Etymology: from East.

    Eastern tyrants from the light of heaven
    Seclude their bosom-slaves. James Thomson, Spring.

    The eastern end of the isle rises up in precipices. Addison.

    A ship at sea has no certain method in either her eastern or western voyages, or even in her less distant sailing from the coasts, to know her longitude, or how much she is gone eastward or westward, as can easily be known in any clear day or night how much she is gone northward or southward. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. eastern

    Eastern is a term that is used to refer to the direction that lies to the right of north when a person is facing the rising sun. It can also refer to locations, cultures, or phenomena that are located towards or characteristic of the east part of the world or a specific region. In a broader perspective, it may also refer to countries in Asia or the Eastern Hemisphere. The specific interpretation varies depending on context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Easternadjective

    situated or dwelling in the east; oriental; as, an eastern gate; Eastern countries

  2. Easternadjective

    going toward the east, or in the direction of east; as, an eastern voyage

  3. Etymology: [AS. estern.]

Editors Contribution

  1. eastern

    Relating to the direction east.

    The eastern winds were gentle and moderate.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 19, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. EASTERN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Eastern is ranked #134712 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Eastern surname appeared 125 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Eastern.

    62.4% or 78 total occurrences were Black.
    25.6% or 32 total occurrences were White.
    8% or 10 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Eastern' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1721

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Eastern' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3341

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Eastern' in Adjectives Frequency: #226

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Anagrams for Eastern »

  1. sterane

  2. earnest

  3. Earnest

  4. estrane

  5. nearest

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Eastern in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Eastern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Eastern in a Sentence

  1. Secretary Pompeo:

    Human rights advocates won great and laudable victories in our lifetimes, from the defeat of fascism, to the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, to the end of Apartheid, but that was then. The great and noble human rights project of the 20th Century is in crisis.

  2. Mikhail Liluashvili:

    There will be more inflows into the Eastern European bond market to exploit the interest rate differential between the euro area and the Eastern European economies.

  3. Sue Dickson:

    I'm going to go over to Sahara and Eastern to Cardenas, my girlfriend said the line wasn't long... I'm not giving up. No matter what.

  4. Philip Breedlove:

    I don’t think Mr. Putin is done in eastern Ukraine.

  5. Dr Webster:

    A lot of researchers in biomaterials and cancer treatment are getting very excited by this healthy approach. It's almost like the approach in Eastern medicine, where we're looking for natural nanomaterials, not synthetic ones, like gold and silver.

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