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{
"term": "east",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/co/compasses.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the direction that you look towards to see the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass",
"sensetop": "to the east (of…)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Which way is east?"
},
{
"text": "A gale was blowing from the east."
},
{
"text": "an east-facing terrace"
},
{
"text": "a town to the east of *(= further east than)* Chicago",
"contextForm": "to the east (of…)"
},
{
"text": "The train line facilitates travel between east and west."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the eastern part of a country, region or city",
"sensetop": "in the east",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The east of the country is especially popular with tourists."
},
{
"text": "Around 2 000 teachers from around the East of England attended the conference."
},
{
"text": "I was born in the East, but now live in San Francisco.",
"contextForm": "in the east"
},
{
"text": "Elsewhere in the East, wet, unsettled weather will continue until the weekend."
},
{
"text": "House prices in the east have risen significantly over the last five years."
},
{
"text": "There's been a severe earthquake in the east of the country."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the countries of Asia, especially China, Japan and India",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "European traders started trading with the East in the 15th century."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the centrally planned system of the East"
},
{
"text": "East–West relations"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/iːst/",
"audio": "ea/east/east__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/iːst/",
"audio": "ea/east/east__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "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’."
}