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" I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good."
Elliott Erwitt

Meaning of "eastern" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF EASTERN

ˈiːstən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EASTERN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Eastern is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EASTERN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of eastern in the English dictionary

The definition of eastern in the dictionary is situated in or towards the east. Other definition of eastern is facing or moving towards the east.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EASTERN

Aldermaston · Aston · boston · charleston · Houston · Huston · Kingston · Livingston · Marston · neuston · northeastern · northwestern · piston · pleuston · Preston · Princeton · southeastern · southwestern · western · Winston

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EASTERN

easterlies · easterling · easterly · eastermost · Eastern bloc · Eastern Cape · Eastern Church · Eastern Daylight Time · Eastern Empire · Eastern Europe · Eastern European · Eastern European Summer Time · Eastern European Time · Eastern Ghats · eastern hemisphere · eastern meadowlark

WORDS THAT END LIKE EASTERN

astern · cistern · country and western · country-and-western · drop astern · extern · Far Eastern · intern · lantern · Middle Eastern · Middle Western · Midwestern · morgenstern · pastern · pattern · postern · spaghetti western · stern · testern · yestern

Synonyms and antonyms of eastern in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «eastern» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF EASTERN

Find out the translation of eastern to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of eastern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «eastern» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

东方的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

oriental
570 millions of speakers
en

English

eastern
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

पूर्वी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شَرْقِيّ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

восточный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

oriental
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্ব
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

oriental
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Timur
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

östlich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

東の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

동쪽의
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Wétan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phía đông
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கிழக்கு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्व
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

doğu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

orientale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wschodni
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

східний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

estic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανατολικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oostelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

östra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

østlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of eastern

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EASTERN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of eastern
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «eastern».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about eastern

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «EASTERN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word eastern.
1
Robert Adams
My first show at MoMA in New York was pictures of new developments along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. They were housing developments that were brutal in many ways, that cared almost not a thing for the human beings inside. They were just designed to make money.
2
John Desmond Bernal
The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country.
3
Conrad Black
Eastern Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, are relative success stories, as they are not afflicted by the Arab heritage of retreat and humiliation at the hands of the French, Spanish, British, Turks, and Persians.
4
Conrad Burns
I come from Montana, and in eastern Montana we have a lot of dirt between light bulbs. It is expensive trying to bring the new technologies to smaller schools to upgrade their technologies to take advantage of distance learning.
5
Tim Cahill
The hard wind we get around here on the eastern slopes of the Rockies is called a Chinook. It's a katabatic wind and comes from mountains to the west of us and the mountains to the south.
6
Brian Cox
I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist.
7
Tim Daly
Eastern medicine is not about curing your sickness. It's about keeping you well.
8
Dave Davies
What I believe in touches many aspects of religious and spiritual thought. Mainly I'm influenced and inspired by the eastern yogi's aspect of mysticism, Which is, I think, the future.
9
Elliott Erwitt
I like museums in Berlin a lot, especially in the eastern part. They're extraordinarily good.
10
Nigel Farage
We have a Conservative leader that believes in green taxes, that won't bring back grammar schools, that believes in continuing with total open-door migration from eastern Europe and refuses to give us a referendum on the EU.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EASTERN»

Discover the use of eastern in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to eastern and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Near Eastern Seals
In this first comprehensive introduction to pre-Islamic Near Eastern seals, Dominique Collon discusses cylinder seals--a form unique to the Ancient Near East--as well as stamp seals, the earliest dating from the fifth millennium B.C. As a ...
Dominique Collon, 1990
2
Eastern Turkey
Bradt's Eastern Turkey is the only guidebook dedicated to this fascinating region and includes first-hand accounts about everything from soaking in thermal pools to the ascent of Turkey's highest peak, Mount Ararat.
Diana Darke, 2011
3
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food
The book was originally published here in 1972 and was hailed by James Beard as "a landmark in the field of cookery"; this new version represents the accumulation of the author's thirty years of further extensive travel throughout the ever ...
Claudia Roden, 2008
4
A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and ...
A reference to the medicinal plants and herbs of Eastern and Central North American includes specific remedies for asthma, headaches, colds, stomachaches, depression, and many other common ailments.
Steven Foster, James A. Duke, 2000
5
Understanding Eastern Philosophy
Understanding Eastern Philosophy provides an accessible critical introduction to how some of the key philosophies of the East compare with those in the West.
Ray Billington, 1997
6
Inventing Eastern Europe: The Map of Civilization on the ...
" --The Russian Review "The distinction between East and West Europe is a seemingly immemorial cliche that desperately needs dismantling, and Wolff does it with erudition and a lively dramatic sense."--Voice Literary Supplement
Larry Wolff, 1994
7
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the ...
If you are unfamiliar with Bailey's work, this book will introduce you to a very old yet entirely new way of understanding Jesus.
Kenneth E. Bailey, 2009
8
Rome and the Eastern Churches
In the second edition of this major work, Dominican theologian Aidan Nichols provides a systematic account of the origins, development and recent history-now updated-of the relations between Rome and all separated Eastern Christians.
Aidan Nichols, 2010
9
Eastern Cherokee by Blood, 1906-1910
Between May 1905 and April 1907, the U.S. Supreme Court authorized the Secretary of the Interior to identify the descendants of Eastern Cherokees entitled to participate in the distribution of more than $1 million authorized by Congress.
‎2009
10
Capitalism and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe: ...
Addresses the problem of assessing institutional change in the wake of communism's collapse in Europe.
Grzegorz Ekiert, Stephen E. Hanson, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EASTERN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term eastern is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Eastern Cape fugitive nabbed in Durban
Durban- An Eastern Cape man who has been on the run for a decade was arrested during a joint police operation in Durban on Wednesday. «News24, Jul 15»
2
A Bike Tour of Eastern Kentucky's Back Roads
Ale-8-One is a ginger-ale-like soda usually sold in glass bottles and popular in the hills of eastern Kentucky. During a bike trip through the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
3
Boeing Secures $4.6 Billion China Eastern Plane Order
Boeing Co. won an order from China Eastern Airlines Corp. valued at $4.6 billion in list prices for single-aisle jets as Chinese carriers purchase ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
Big freeze coming to south-eastern Australia
The polar air will spread through south-eastern states on Saturday and by Sunday snow should be falling from the Victorian Alps right up the ... «Sky News Australia, Jul 15»
5
Eastern set aside HK$10 million to become first professional …
Newly crowned A2 Division champions Eastern are set to shake up the local basketball scene by devoting HK$10 million to become the first ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
6
Eastern equine encephalitis confirmed in Cumberland horse
Although no cases of the rare disease eastern equine encephalitis have been reported in humans this year in the state, the N.C. Department of ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
7
POLITICO Brussels Influence: Eastern promise — Superstar DJ
AMAZON'S EASTERN PUSH: When Amazon advertises a position that ... The position's focus is on Eastern Europe (Poland and the Czech ... «Politico, Jul 15»
8
Atlantic Stewardship Bank supports the Eastern Christian School
From left are Raymond Santhouse, vice president, Atlantic Stewardship Bank; David Visbeen, executive director, Foundation for Eastern ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
9
Chippa to expand support in Eastern Cape
Chippa United intend taking their matches around the Eastern Cape this season and are negotiating with municipalities to make it a reality. «Sowetan Live, Jul 15»
10
COMPANY COMMENT: South32; Eastern Europe property
A NUMBER of South African property players are building businesses in Eastern Europe in the hope of benefiting from property prices that are ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
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