noun

the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun rises at the equinoxes, on the right-hand side of a person facing north, or the point on the horizon itself.

a gale was blowing from the east

adjective

lying towards, near, or facing the east.

the hospital’s east wing

adverb

to or towards the east.

travelling east, he met two men

to the east,eastward,eastwards,eastwardly