westnoun [ U ]
also West uk/west/us/west/written abbreviation WA2 the direction in which the sun goes down in the evening, opposite to the east, or the part of an area or country that is in this direction:
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- The influence of the West can be seen in the shopping malls.
- They were born in Syria, but spent most of their lives in the West.
- They accuse the West of trying to impose its culture on them.
B2 North America and western Europe:
In the US, the West is the part of the country west of the Mississippi river that only became developed in the late 1800s:
to or in the west of the US:
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- A cold front is approaching from the west.
- Stanley traversed the continent from west to east.
- The transcontinental railway goes from New York in the east to San Francisco in the west.
- They retired to a sleepy little village in the west of Yorkshire.
- The west of the city was largely unaffected by the bombing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Points of the compass
- cardinal point
- compass reading
- E, e
- easterly
- eastern
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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Idiom(s)
westadjective
also West uk/west/us/west/written abbreviation WA2 in or forming the west part of something:
a wind coming from the west
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Points of the compass
- cardinal point
- compass reading
- E, e
- easterly
- eastern
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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westadverb
also West uk/west/us/west/written abbreviation WA2 towards the west:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Points of the compass
- cardinal point
- compass reading
- E, e
- easterly
- eastern
- geomagnetic pole
- N, n
- northeastern
- northeastward
- northerly
- northern
- northernmost
- northwestward
- southeastern
- southern
- southernmost
- southward
- southwestern
- true north
- western
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