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Definition of 'west'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) west
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left of north.

2.  west
the direction in which this point lies.

3.  west
(often cap.) a region or territory situated in this direction.

4.  west
the West,

5.  west
the western part of the world, as distinguished from the East or Orient; the Occident.

6.  west
the non-Communist countries of Europe and the Americas.

7.  west
the part of the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.

8.  west
the part of the U.S. west of the Allegheny Mountains.

9. (adj.) west
directed or proceeding toward the west.

10.  west
coming from the west:
a west wind.

11.  west
lying toward or situated in the west:
the west side.

12. (adv.) west
to, toward, or in the west:
The car headed west.

13. (n.) West
Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.

14.  West
Mae, 1892?–1980, U.S. actress.

15.  West
Nathanael (Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein), 1902?–40, U.S. novelist.

16.  West
Dame Rebecca (Cicily Isabel Fairfield Andrews), 1892–1983, English novelist, journalist, and critic, born in Ireland.

Definition of 'west'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) West, Occident
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

2. (noun) west, due west, westward, W
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees

3. (noun) West, western United States
the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River

4. (noun) west
the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point

5. (noun) West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)

6. (noun) West, Mae West
United States film actress (1892-1980)

7. (noun) West, Benjamin West
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)

8. (adj) west
a location in the western part of a country, region, or city

9. (adverb) west
situated in or facing or moving toward the west

10. (adverb) west
to, toward, or in the west
"we moved west to Arizona"; "situated west of Boston"

Definition of 'west'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) West
the direction behind you when you look toward the rising sun
to face west

2. West
the west
the part of a place that is furthest west
rain in the west of the country

3. West
the West
the part of the world including Europe and the Americas
the west side of the house; to travel west

Definition of 'west'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) west
lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west

2. (adverb) west
westward

3. (noun) west
the point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east

4. (noun) west
a country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west

5. (noun) west
the Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident

6. (noun) west
formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article

7. (verb) west
to pass to the west; to set, as the sun

8. (verb) west
to turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west

Translation of 'west'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the direction in which the sun sets or any part of the earth lying in that direction They travelled towards the west; The wind is blowing from the west; in the west of Britain.
Afrikaans: weste	Arabic: الغَرب	Bulgarian: запад
Brazilian: oeste	Czech: západ	German: der Westen
Danish: vest; vest-; vestlig del	Greek: δύση	Spanish: oeste
Estonian: lääs	Farsi: مغرب	Finnish: länsi
French: ouest	Hebrew: מַעֲרָב	Hindi: पश्चिम
Croatian: zapad	Hungarian: nyugat	Indonesian: barat
Icelandic: vestur	Italian: ovest	Japanese: 西
Korean: 서부 지방	Lithuanian: vakarai	Latvian: rietumi
Malay: barat	Dutch: westen	Norwegian: vest, vestlig del
Polish: zachód	Portuguese: oeste	Romanian: vest
Russian: запад	Slovak: západ	Slovenian: zahod
Serbian: zapad	Swedish: väst, väster	Thai: ทิศตะวันตก
Turkish: batı	Taiwanese: 西邊	Ukrainian: захід
Urdu: مغرب	Vietnamese: hướng tây	Chinese: 西
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