- usually the westthe direction that you look towards to see the sun go down; one of the four main points of the compass
- Which way is west?
- Rain is spreading from the west.
- a west-facing window
- to the west (of…) He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.
- The train line facilitates travel between east and west.
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- the west, the Westthe 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.
- in the west 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.
- the WestEurope and North America, contrasted with other parts of the world
- I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
- the West(North American English) the western side of the US
- the history of the American West
- the West(in the past) Western Europe and North America, when contrasted with the Communist countries of Eastern Europe
- East–West relations
Word OriginOld 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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