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back east

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.11 in modern English

Syllables
back- east
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the eastern part of a country or region.

adv

In the eastern part of a country or region.

Example Sentences

Etymology

In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of European settlement of the interior of North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient.

Phrases

back home old country

Frequently Paired Words

back home old country up north down south

Antonyms

out west

Questions

What does back east mean?
In the eastern part of a country or region.
Where does back east come from?
In American English, the idiomatic establishment of back east and out west, rather than out east and back west, implicitly reflects the history of European settlement of the interior of North America in the 18th and 19th centuries, which involved a prevailing east-to-west gradient.

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