Definition of western in English:

western

adjective ˈwɛst(ə)nˈwɛstərn

1attributive Situated in the west, or directed towards or facing the west.
there will be showers in some western areas
Example sentencesExamples
- To date, the infection appears to be contained to an area on the western edge of the forest.
- Fifteen districts, all of them lying in western areas of the state have been declared drought hit.
- Initially, work was at Pin Hole Cave, the entrance to which lies towards the western end of the north side of the gorge.
- Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach.
- The snow has provided a light cover from the resort to Mt Blowhard on the western side of the mountain.
- They believe the dead travel to the west; so all graves are on the western side of the Nile.
- The party of four was on the western side of the Black Valley when the accident occurred.
- I walk toward a secluded, western corner of the city, where four such skyscrapers stand at each corner of a block.
- Erosion would have removed the thrust on the uplifted western side.
- During this period, the authority of the jarls spread south down the western sea route towards Dublin.
- We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country.
- Makah Indian village situated on the western tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington State.
- The western side of the country is a great grass growing and livestock area which is the envy of many.
- The bulk of rubbish washed ashore on this stretch of beach has been dumped over the cliffs on the western side of the bay.
Synonyms
westerly, westwardly, occidental
1. 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the west.
2Living in or originating from the West, in particular Europe or the United States.
Western society
Example sentencesExamples
- Every Western democracy is signed up to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees.
- Eastern Europe is now undergoing a marked renaissance in the Western European tourist industry.
- However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless.
- In Western societies not conformity but variety and relaxed living are now in fashion.
- The basic fact is that Western European countries no longer want to fight each other.
- The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots.
- A Western European car manufacturer, who buys large quantities of steel, may take a different view.
- The results of the Depression in America and Europe are familiar enough to Western readers.
- Is it much different in this country, or indeed, in most Western democracies?
- Though Western in origin, it is not a Western good but a human good.
- People in Eastern Europe increasingly want to try Western tastes and variety in food.
- This is no longer the case in most Western European countries and the United States.
- It is a nice change of pace from what have normally seen from Western Europeans during the last year and a half.
- They have a massive amount of funding and support from the Western world, principally America, but also Europe.
- These images are easy to find in Govan, as in every other city in Britain, Europe and very probably the Western world.
1. 2.1 Relating to or characteristic of the West or its inhabitants.
  the history of Western art
  Example sentencesExamples
  It did not matter that the tie was invented in eastern Europe and so was not specifically a Western fashion.
  The background is resource competition that is reshaping western policy towards West Africa.
  In its 1945 White Paper, Canada was the first western country to adopt Keynesianism formally as state policy.
  The claim by Western experts that palmistry originated in India is not surprising.
  The demographic trend throughout the western world is towards an ageing population.
  As Japan opened up to the west, western images and themes crept into their design.
  In most Western cultures, breakfast is often heralded as the most important meal of the day.
  This is characteristic of most Western European music and some music from other cultures.
  Program management and the disciplines associated with it continue to be a problem in my opinion in most Western cultures.
  When western medicine fails, many try ancient eastern or Oriental practices, such as massage or acupuncture.
  There's written text input too, with Kanji and Western character recognition.
2. 2.2historical Of or originating from the non-Communist states of Europe and North America in contrast to the Eastern bloc.
  the President threatened to end Western aid for an oil pipeline in Siberia
  Example sentencesExamples
  It has also been a bridge of reconciliation between Western and Eastern Europe.
  This is why we have seen so many divisions and contradictions within the Western establishment on this issue.
  The process was shaped by military competition between the Eastern and Western ruling classes.
  One of five brothers and sisters, he was born in Craigmillar, one of western Europe's poorest areas.
  He was usually an ally and sometimes an inspiration to new governments in Western and Eastern Europe.

noun ˈwɛst(ə)nˈwɛstərn

A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- These changes first appeared, and were most pronounced, in a collection of westerns produced by Italians and shot in Spain and Italy.
- Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir.
- They looked like exactly what they were - two young television actors who had no experience in westerns whatsoever.
- The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns.
- She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films.
- Early westerns, for example, put black hats on the bad guys and white hats on the good guys to prepare viewers for a picture's final shootout.
- For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns.
- In popular books and film then, westerns were a staple: there were a lot of them every year and so they provided a wide, deep genre pool to play in and to invent with.
- In his spare time he enjoyed reading, particularly westerns and thrillers.
- The plot takes place many years after the events of his previous westerns, this time at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
- In the late Seventies and Eighties the production of westerns declined to the point that several critics affirmed the death of the genre.
- He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc.
- To him, the point seemed obvious, for all films - gangsters, westerns, comedies - relied on action.
- He went to bed early and read westerns or thrillers until the wee hours.
- The film looks a bit washed-out, as many westerns do, but otherwise there is little to complain about.
- The popularity of the spaghetti western faded in the late 1970s just as did the interest in westerns generally.

Derivatives

westernmost

adjective ˈwɛst(ə)nməʊstˈwɛstərnˌmoʊst

attributive Situated furthest to the west.
the westernmost province in Canada
Example sentencesExamples
- Lying at the westernmost point of the African continent, Senegal is the first sub-Saharan country encountered as one sails southward ‘around the bend’ from Europe.
- The most striking finding was that in Connaught, the westernmost point of Europe, almost all men carry this particular gene.
- ‘Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called ‘Gunkanjima’ that is hardly known even to the Japanese.

Origin

Old English westerne (see west, -ern).

Rhymes

Avestan, Midwestern, northwestern, Preston, southwestern

Definition of western in US English:

western

adjectiveˈwɛstərnˈwestərn

1attributive Situated in the west, or directed toward or facing the west.
there will be showers in some western areas
Example sentencesExamples
- The western side of the country is a great grass growing and livestock area which is the envy of many.
- Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach.
- The party of four was on the western side of the Black Valley when the accident occurred.
- We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country.
- The snow has provided a light cover from the resort to Mt Blowhard on the western side of the mountain.
- They believe the dead travel to the west; so all graves are on the western side of the Nile.
- To date, the infection appears to be contained to an area on the western edge of the forest.
- Erosion would have removed the thrust on the uplifted western side.
- Makah Indian village situated on the western tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington State.
- During this period, the authority of the jarls spread south down the western sea route towards Dublin.
- Fifteen districts, all of them lying in western areas of the state have been declared drought hit.
- Initially, work was at Pin Hole Cave, the entrance to which lies towards the western end of the north side of the gorge.
- I walk toward a secluded, western corner of the city, where four such skyscrapers stand at each corner of a block.
- The bulk of rubbish washed ashore on this stretch of beach has been dumped over the cliffs on the western side of the bay.
Synonyms
westerly, westwardly, occidental
1. 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the west.
2Living in or originating from the West, in particular Europe or the United States.
Western society
Example sentencesExamples
- People in Eastern Europe increasingly want to try Western tastes and variety in food.
- It is a nice change of pace from what have normally seen from Western Europeans during the last year and a half.
- Though Western in origin, it is not a Western good but a human good.
- Every Western democracy is signed up to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees.
- Is it much different in this country, or indeed, in most Western democracies?
- In Western societies not conformity but variety and relaxed living are now in fashion.
- The results of the Depression in America and Europe are familiar enough to Western readers.
- This is no longer the case in most Western European countries and the United States.
- A Western European car manufacturer, who buys large quantities of steel, may take a different view.
- The basic fact is that Western European countries no longer want to fight each other.
- They have a massive amount of funding and support from the Western world, principally America, but also Europe.
- However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless.
- These images are easy to find in Govan, as in every other city in Britain, Europe and very probably the Western world.
- Eastern Europe is now undergoing a marked renaissance in the Western European tourist industry.
- The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots.
1. 2.1 Relating to or characteristic of the West or its inhabitants.
  the history of Western art
  Example sentencesExamples
  The demographic trend throughout the western world is towards an ageing population.
  In most Western cultures, breakfast is often heralded as the most important meal of the day.
  The background is resource competition that is reshaping western policy towards West Africa.
  The claim by Western experts that palmistry originated in India is not surprising.
  Program management and the disciplines associated with it continue to be a problem in my opinion in most Western cultures.
  As Japan opened up to the west, western images and themes crept into their design.
  When western medicine fails, many try ancient eastern or Oriental practices, such as massage or acupuncture.
  There's written text input too, with Kanji and Western character recognition.
  This is characteristic of most Western European music and some music from other cultures.
  In its 1945 White Paper, Canada was the first western country to adopt Keynesianism formally as state policy.
  It did not matter that the tie was invented in eastern Europe and so was not specifically a Western fashion.
2. 2.2historical Of or originating from the non-Communist states of Europe and North America in contrast to the Eastern bloc.
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was usually an ally and sometimes an inspiration to new governments in Western and Eastern Europe.
  One of five brothers and sisters, he was born in Craigmillar, one of western Europe's poorest areas.
  This is why we have seen so many divisions and contradictions within the Western establishment on this issue.
  It has also been a bridge of reconciliation between Western and Eastern Europe.
  The process was shaped by military competition between the Eastern and Western ruling classes.

nounˈwɛstərnˈwestərn

A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Example sentencesExamples
- Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir.
- The plot takes place many years after the events of his previous westerns, this time at the turn of the Twentieth Century.
- For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns.
- The film looks a bit washed-out, as many westerns do, but otherwise there is little to complain about.
- He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc.
- The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns.
- Early westerns, for example, put black hats on the bad guys and white hats on the good guys to prepare viewers for a picture's final shootout.
- In the late Seventies and Eighties the production of westerns declined to the point that several critics affirmed the death of the genre.
- The popularity of the spaghetti western faded in the late 1970s just as did the interest in westerns generally.
- To him, the point seemed obvious, for all films - gangsters, westerns, comedies - relied on action.
- They looked like exactly what they were - two young television actors who had no experience in westerns whatsoever.
- She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films.
- He went to bed early and read westerns or thrillers until the wee hours.
- These changes first appeared, and were most pronounced, in a collection of westerns produced by Italians and shot in Spain and Italy.
- In his spare time he enjoyed reading, particularly westerns and thrillers.
- In popular books and film then, westerns were a staple: there were a lot of them every year and so they provided a wide, deep genre pool to play in and to invent with.

Origin

Old English westerne (see west, -ern).

单词	western
释义	Definition of western in English: western adjective ˈwɛst(ə)nˈwɛstərn 1attributive Situated in the west, or directed towards or facing the west. there will be showers in some western areas Example sentencesExamples To date, the infection appears to be contained to an area on the western edge of the forest. Fifteen districts, all of them lying in western areas of the state have been declared drought hit. Initially, work was at Pin Hole Cave, the entrance to which lies towards the western end of the north side of the gorge. Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach. The snow has provided a light cover from the resort to Mt Blowhard on the western side of the mountain. They believe the dead travel to the west; so all graves are on the western side of the Nile. The party of four was on the western side of the Black Valley when the accident occurred. I walk toward a secluded, western corner of the city, where four such skyscrapers stand at each corner of a block. Erosion would have removed the thrust on the uplifted western side. During this period, the authority of the jarls spread south down the western sea route towards Dublin. We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country. Makah Indian village situated on the western tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington State. The western side of the country is a great grass growing and livestock area which is the envy of many. The bulk of rubbish washed ashore on this stretch of beach has been dumped over the cliffs on the western side of the bay. Synonyms westerly, westwardly, occidental 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the west. 2Living in or originating from the West, in particular Europe or the United States. Western society Example sentencesExamples Every Western democracy is signed up to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees. Eastern Europe is now undergoing a marked renaissance in the Western European tourist industry. However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless. In Western societies not conformity but variety and relaxed living are now in fashion. The basic fact is that Western European countries no longer want to fight each other. The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots. A Western European car manufacturer, who buys large quantities of steel, may take a different view. The results of the Depression in America and Europe are familiar enough to Western readers. Is it much different in this country, or indeed, in most Western democracies? Though Western in origin, it is not a Western good but a human good. People in Eastern Europe increasingly want to try Western tastes and variety in food. This is no longer the case in most Western European countries and the United States. It is a nice change of pace from what have normally seen from Western Europeans during the last year and a half. They have a massive amount of funding and support from the Western world, principally America, but also Europe. These images are easy to find in Govan, as in every other city in Britain, Europe and very probably the Western world. 2.1 Relating to or characteristic of the West or its inhabitants. the history of Western art Example sentencesExamples It did not matter that the tie was invented in eastern Europe and so was not specifically a Western fashion. The background is resource competition that is reshaping western policy towards West Africa. In its 1945 White Paper, Canada was the first western country to adopt Keynesianism formally as state policy. The claim by Western experts that palmistry originated in India is not surprising. The demographic trend throughout the western world is towards an ageing population. As Japan opened up to the west, western images and themes crept into their design. In most Western cultures, breakfast is often heralded as the most important meal of the day. This is characteristic of most Western European music and some music from other cultures. Program management and the disciplines associated with it continue to be a problem in my opinion in most Western cultures. When western medicine fails, many try ancient eastern or Oriental practices, such as massage or acupuncture. There's written text input too, with Kanji and Western character recognition. 2.2historical Of or originating from the non-Communist states of Europe and North America in contrast to the Eastern bloc. the President threatened to end Western aid for an oil pipeline in Siberia Example sentencesExamples It has also been a bridge of reconciliation between Western and Eastern Europe. This is why we have seen so many divisions and contradictions within the Western establishment on this issue. The process was shaped by military competition between the Eastern and Western ruling classes. One of five brothers and sisters, he was born in Craigmillar, one of western Europe's poorest areas. He was usually an ally and sometimes an inspiration to new governments in Western and Eastern Europe. noun ˈwɛst(ə)nˈwɛstərn A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Example sentencesExamples These changes first appeared, and were most pronounced, in a collection of westerns produced by Italians and shot in Spain and Italy. Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir. They looked like exactly what they were - two young television actors who had no experience in westerns whatsoever. The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns. She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films. Early westerns, for example, put black hats on the bad guys and white hats on the good guys to prepare viewers for a picture's final shootout. For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns. In popular books and film then, westerns were a staple: there were a lot of them every year and so they provided a wide, deep genre pool to play in and to invent with. In his spare time he enjoyed reading, particularly westerns and thrillers. The plot takes place many years after the events of his previous westerns, this time at the turn of the Twentieth Century. In the late Seventies and Eighties the production of westerns declined to the point that several critics affirmed the death of the genre. He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc. To him, the point seemed obvious, for all films - gangsters, westerns, comedies - relied on action. He went to bed early and read westerns or thrillers until the wee hours. The film looks a bit washed-out, as many westerns do, but otherwise there is little to complain about. The popularity of the spaghetti western faded in the late 1970s just as did the interest in westerns generally. Derivatives westernmost adjective ˈwɛst(ə)nməʊstˈwɛstərnˌmoʊst attributive Situated furthest to the west. the westernmost province in Canada Example sentencesExamples Lying at the westernmost point of the African continent, Senegal is the first sub-Saharan country encountered as one sails southward ‘around the bend’ from Europe. The most striking finding was that in Connaught, the westernmost point of Europe, almost all men carry this particular gene. ‘Off the westernmost coast of Japan, is an island called ‘Gunkanjima’ that is hardly known even to the Japanese. Origin Old English westerne (see west, -ern). Rhymes Avestan, Midwestern, northwestern, Preston, southwestern Definition of western in US English: western adjectiveˈwɛstərnˈwestərn 1attributive Situated in the west, or directed toward or facing the west. there will be showers in some western areas Example sentencesExamples The western side of the country is a great grass growing and livestock area which is the envy of many. Towards the western end of the ramparts there is an obvious break where a path leads through rocky portals to gain a grassy bealach. The party of four was on the western side of the Black Valley when the accident occurred. We left as the sun was drifting into the western horizon and headed towards Chola country. The snow has provided a light cover from the resort to Mt Blowhard on the western side of the mountain. They believe the dead travel to the west; so all graves are on the western side of the Nile. To date, the infection appears to be contained to an area on the western edge of the forest. Erosion would have removed the thrust on the uplifted western side. Makah Indian village situated on the western tip of the Olympic Peninsula on the coast of Washington State. During this period, the authority of the jarls spread south down the western sea route towards Dublin. Fifteen districts, all of them lying in western areas of the state have been declared drought hit. Initially, work was at Pin Hole Cave, the entrance to which lies towards the western end of the north side of the gorge. I walk toward a secluded, western corner of the city, where four such skyscrapers stand at each corner of a block. The bulk of rubbish washed ashore on this stretch of beach has been dumped over the cliffs on the western side of the bay. Synonyms westerly, westwardly, occidental 1.1 (of a wind) blowing from the west. 2Living in or originating from the West, in particular Europe or the United States. Western society Example sentencesExamples People in Eastern Europe increasingly want to try Western tastes and variety in food. It is a nice change of pace from what have normally seen from Western Europeans during the last year and a half. Though Western in origin, it is not a Western good but a human good. Every Western democracy is signed up to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees. Is it much different in this country, or indeed, in most Western democracies? In Western societies not conformity but variety and relaxed living are now in fashion. The results of the Depression in America and Europe are familiar enough to Western readers. This is no longer the case in most Western European countries and the United States. A Western European car manufacturer, who buys large quantities of steel, may take a different view. The basic fact is that Western European countries no longer want to fight each other. They have a massive amount of funding and support from the Western world, principally America, but also Europe. However, this happy juxtaposition of Eastern style and Western living has not always been so effortless. These images are easy to find in Govan, as in every other city in Britain, Europe and very probably the Western world. Eastern Europe is now undergoing a marked renaissance in the Western European tourist industry. The resemblance to Western European customs is striking and has similar roots. 2.1 Relating to or characteristic of the West or its inhabitants. the history of Western art Example sentencesExamples The demographic trend throughout the western world is towards an ageing population. In most Western cultures, breakfast is often heralded as the most important meal of the day. The background is resource competition that is reshaping western policy towards West Africa. The claim by Western experts that palmistry originated in India is not surprising. Program management and the disciplines associated with it continue to be a problem in my opinion in most Western cultures. As Japan opened up to the west, western images and themes crept into their design. When western medicine fails, many try ancient eastern or Oriental practices, such as massage or acupuncture. There's written text input too, with Kanji and Western character recognition. This is characteristic of most Western European music and some music from other cultures. In its 1945 White Paper, Canada was the first western country to adopt Keynesianism formally as state policy. It did not matter that the tie was invented in eastern Europe and so was not specifically a Western fashion. 2.2historical Of or originating from the non-Communist states of Europe and North America in contrast to the Eastern bloc. Example sentencesExamples He was usually an ally and sometimes an inspiration to new governments in Western and Eastern Europe. One of five brothers and sisters, he was born in Craigmillar, one of western Europe's poorest areas. This is why we have seen so many divisions and contradictions within the Western establishment on this issue. It has also been a bridge of reconciliation between Western and Eastern Europe. The process was shaped by military competition between the Eastern and Western ruling classes. nounˈwɛstərnˈwestərn A film, television drama, or novel about cowboys in western North America, set especially in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Example sentencesExamples Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir. The plot takes place many years after the events of his previous westerns, this time at the turn of the Twentieth Century. For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns. The film looks a bit washed-out, as many westerns do, but otherwise there is little to complain about. He said you could appreciate directors who worked in gangster films, war films, westerns, etc. The nod to commerciality is most obvious in the film's ending, one that is typical of hundreds of Hollywood westerns. Early westerns, for example, put black hats on the bad guys and white hats on the good guys to prepare viewers for a picture's final shootout. In the late Seventies and Eighties the production of westerns declined to the point that several critics affirmed the death of the genre. The popularity of the spaghetti western faded in the late 1970s just as did the interest in westerns generally. To him, the point seemed obvious, for all films - gangsters, westerns, comedies - relied on action. They looked like exactly what they were - two young television actors who had no experience in westerns whatsoever. She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films. He went to bed early and read westerns or thrillers until the wee hours. These changes first appeared, and were most pronounced, in a collection of westerns produced by Italians and shot in Spain and Italy. In his spare time he enjoyed reading, particularly westerns and thrillers. In popular books and film then, westerns were a staple: there were a lot of them every year and so they provided a wide, deep genre pool to play in and to invent with. Origin Old English westerne (see west, -ern).
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