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 →

2) Eastern (often «Eastern») describes the countries and cultures of Asia, especially East Asia: Eastern philosophy. tree →

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 →
• New York is on the eastern coast of the USA. tree →
• Sydney is in eastern Australia. tree →
• An eastern wind blew from the sea. tree →
• The eastern side of the school gets the morning sun. tree →
• Poland is in Eastern Europe. tree →

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.
• The eastern brown snake causes more serious bites because it lives near farms and towns where it meets people.
• Lorikeets have brush-tipped tongues for licking nectar and pollen from flowers, and they are noisy visitors to gardens in eastern Australia.
• The empire was split into a western half ruled from Rome and an eastern half ruled from Constantinople.
• The eastern empire, which we call the Byzantine Empire, lasted another thousand years until 1453.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «eastern» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.