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Iːst East Adverb Bre House Faces Native Audio

Word east
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / iːst / NAmE / iːst /
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  • the house faces east.
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east

(adverb)BrE / iːst / NAmE / iːst /
  1. towards the east
    • The house faces east.

    Word Origin

    • Old English ēast-, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch oost and German ost, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin aurora, Greek auōs ‘dawn’.
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