West Western Noun Rain Spreading Lives Town Train

• 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.

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’.