{
    "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’."
}