Meaning

3 senses

  1. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.

    We used to live in the west of the country.

    Portugal lies to the west of Spain.

  2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

    a location in the western part of a country, region, or city

  3. In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Examples

604 sentences

  1. The sun sets in the west.

    Сонце заходить на заході. — deniko

    ruСолнце садится на западе. — odexed

    deDie Sonne geht im Westen unter. — Alois

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  2. The station is to the west of the hotel.

    Станція знаходиться на захід від готелю. — deniko

    ruСтанция находится к западу от гостиницы. — sharptoothed

    deDer Bahnhof liegt westlich des Hotels. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom went west.

    Том пішов на захід. — deniko

    ruТом пошёл на запад. — odexed

    deTom zog gen Westen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Tom lived on the west coast.

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  5. Tom lives just west of Boston.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
compass point:
Русский
By meaning 1
compass point:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
compass point:

Forms

plural: wests
Singularwest
Pluralwests

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River:western United States
  • English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820):Benjamin West
  • United States film actress (1892-1980):Mae West
  • British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983):Rebecca WestDame Rebecca WestCicily Isabel Fairfield
  • the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees:due westwestwardW
  • the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America:Western worldOccident

Word family

29 related words
DerivednorthwestB1southwestB1westernB2westwardB1east-westgo westnorth-northwestout westsouth-southwesttranswestitewestaboowestaboutwesterwesterlywestermostwesternerwestingwestishwestlandwestlingwestlywest monsoonwestmostwestness

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the west coast
  • west coast
  • in the west

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
weltwerewolfwesterlywesternB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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