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West Western Noun Rain Spreading Lives Town Train

Word3 west
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /west/ /west/
Example
  • which way is west?
  • rain is spreading from the west.
  • he lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.
  • the train line facilitates travel between east and west.
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west

(noun)/west/ /west/
  1. the direction that you look towards to see the sun go down; one of the four main points of the compass
    • COMPARE east
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/east_2
    • Which way is west?
    • Rain is spreading from the west.
    • He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.
    • The train line facilitates travel between east and west.
  2. the western part of a country, region or city
    • The west of the country is especially popular with tourists.
    • Around 2 000 teachers from around the West of England attended the conference.
    • Elsewhere in the West, wet, unsettled weather will continue until the weekend.
    • House prices in the west have risen significantly over the last five years.
    • There's been a severe earthquake in the west of the country.
  3. Europe, North America and Canada, contrasted with other parts of the world
    • I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
  4. the western side of the US
    • SEE ALSO Midwest
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-midwest
    • the history of the American West
  5. Western Europe and North America, when contrasted with the Communist countries of Eastern Europe
    • East–West relations

    Word Origin

    • Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper ‘evening’.
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