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Meaning of 'west'
Meaning of 'west' (Webster Dictionary)
1. West 
[ a.]
- Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western
direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward
the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the
west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west. [ a.]2. West [ adv.]
- Westward. [ adv.]3. West [ n.]
- The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the
equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four
cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles
to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing
north; the point directly opposite to east. [ n.]- A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
- The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.
- Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
4. West [ v. i.]
- To pass to the west; to set, as the sun. [ v. i.]- To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
Meaning of 'west' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. west [ r]
[ r]Meaning (1):
- to, toward, or in the west
- to, toward, or in the west
Example in sentence:
- situated west of Boston;
- we moved west to Arizona
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