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# eastern

«eastern» in Mova's school dictionary: **in, from or towards the east: eastern Canada, the eastern…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (eastern; easternmost)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Eastern means in, from or towards the east: eastern Canada, the eastern sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#m1)

2) Eastern (often «Eastern») describes the countries and cultures of Asia, especially East Asia: Eastern philosophy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, compass directions help locate places: the sun rises in the eastern sky; Eastern Australia, the eastern coast of the USA, Eastern Europe. Time zones: places farther east see the sunrise earlier. In culture lessons, «Eastern» and «Western» are broad terms, and it is better to name the actual country. Phrases: eastern side, eastern coast, Eastern Europe, the eastern sky, Eastern Standard Time.

### examples

- The sun rises in the eastern sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#x1)
- New York is on the eastern coast of the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#x2)
- Sydney is in eastern Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#x3)
- An eastern wind blew from the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#x4)
- The eastern side of the school gets the morning sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#x5)
- Poland is in Eastern Europe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/#x6)

### note

Adjective only. Capital E for names and regions (Eastern Europe), small e for plain direction. Opposite: western. Do not confuse «eastern» with «Easter» (the spring festival).

### In the corpora

- [American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/29-crocodiles-and-alligators/15/)
- [The eastern brown snake causes more serious bites because it lives near farms and towns where it meets people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/166-australias-venomous-animals-and-why-few-people-die/5/)
- [Lorikeets have brush-tipped tongues for licking nectar and pollen from flowers, and they are noisy visitors to gardens in eastern Australia.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/303-parrots-of-the-world-macaws-cockatoos-african-greys-lorikeets-and-the-cheeky-kea/13/)
- [The empire was split into a western half ruled from Rome and an eastern half ruled from Constantinople.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/10/)
- [The eastern empire, which we call the Byzantine Empire, lasted another thousand years until 1453.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «eastern» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eastern/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.