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Definition of "due east" []

  • The cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

Use "due east" in a sentence
  • "So, although the sea is twenty-five miles due east at Walberswick, I can still enjoy some of the pleasures of living beside it: the big skies and wide, dramatic sunsets."
  • "Next, to the southward, was the Williamsburg Road, which followed a course almost due east from Richmond to Seven Pines and thence to the Chickahominy at Bottom's Bridge."
  • "They could easily have sent huge forces of men to check out every waterfall in the Zagros Mountains due east of Baghdad, Hilla,and Qurna by now."
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