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noun
1.
a cardinal point of the compass, 90° to the left when facing north, corresponding to the point where the sun is seen to set. Abbreviation: W
2.
the direction in which this point lies.
3.
(usually initial capital letter) a region or territory situated in this direction, especially the western part of the U.S., as distinguished from the East: a vacation trip through the West.
4.
(initial capital letter) the western part of the world, as distinguished from the East or Orient; the Occident.
5.
(initial capital letter) the non-Communist countries of Western Europe and the Americas.
adjective
6.
directed or proceeding toward the west.
7.
coming from the west: a west wind.
8.
lying toward or situated in the west.
9.
Ecclesiastical. designating, lying toward, or in that part of a church opposite to and farthest from the altar.
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West
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
adverb
Idiom10.
to, toward, or in the west: The car headed west.
11.
from the west: The wind blew west.
12.
go west, Informal. to die.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, German west, Old Norse vestr; compare French ouest, Old French < Old English
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, German west, Old Norse vestr; compare French ouest, Old French < Old English
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noun
1.
Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
2.
Jerome Alan (“Jerry”), born 1938, U.S. basketball player, coach, and executive.
3.
Mae, 1892?–1980, U.S. actress.
4.
Nathanael (Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein), 1902?–40, U.S. novelist.
5.
EXPANDPaul, born 1930, U.S. poet, essayist, and novelist, born in England.
6.
COLLAPSEDame Rebecca (Cicily Isabel Fairfield Andrews), 1892–1983, English novelist, journalist, and critic, born in Ireland.
Related forms
an·ti-West, adjective
pro-West, adjective
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World English Dictionary
| West1 (wɛst) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the western part of the world contrasted historically and culturally with the East or Orient; the Occident |
| 2. | Compare East (formerly) the non-Communist countries of Europe and America contrasted with the Communist states of the East |
| 3. | in the US |
| a. that part of the US lying approximately to the west of the Mississippi | |
| b. (during the Colonial period) the region outside the 13 colonies, lying mainly to the west of the Alleghenies | |
| 4. | (in the ancient and medieval world) the Western Roman Empire and, later, the Holy Roman Empire |
| —adj | |
| 5. | a. of or denoting the western part of a specified country, area, etc |
| b. (as part of a name): the West Coast | |
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Word Origin & History
west
O.E. west "in or toward the west," from P.Gmc. *wes-t- (cf. O.N. vestr, O.Fris., M.Du., Du. west, O.H.G. -west, only in compounds, Ger. west), from PIE *wes- (source of Gk. hesperos, L. vesper "evening, west"), perhaps an enlarged form of base *we- "to go down" (cf. Skt. avah "downward"), and thus lit.
EXPAND"direction in which the sun sets." Cf. also High Ger. dial. abend "west," lit. "evening." Fr. ouest, Sp. oeste are from Eng. West used in geopolitical sense from World War I (Britain, France, Italy, as opposed to Germany and Austria-Hungary); as contrast to Communist Russia (later to the Soviet bloc) it is first recorded in 1918. West Indies is recorded from 1550s. The verb wester "to go west" is recorded from late 14c.; westerly first recorded 1570s in both its (somewhat contradictory) senses of "coming from the west" and "facing toward the west."
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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