west
west noun, adjective, adverb BrE [west] NAmE [west]
noun uncountable, singular (abbr.W)
1. (usually the west)the 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.
•He lives to the west of (= further west than) the town.
compare ↑east, ↑north, ↑south
2. the WestEurope, N America and Canada, contrasted with Eastern countries
• I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now.
3. the West (NAmE)the western side of the US
•the history of the American West
see also ↑Midwest, ↑Wild West
4. the West(in the past) Western Europe and N 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’.
adjective only before noun (abbr.W)
1. in or towards the west
•West Africa
•the west coast of Scotland
2. a west wind blows from the west
compare ↑westerly
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’.
adverb
towards the west
• This room faces west.
Word Origin:
[west] 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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