- towards the west
- This room faces west.
- The vehicle was last seen heading west on 39th Street.
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- west of something nearer to the west than something
- They live five miles west of Dublin.
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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