west
♦♦♦ west /w'est/
also West
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
The west is the direction which you look towards in the evening in order to see the sun set.
I pushed on towards Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west...
The sun crosses the sky from east to west.
2 [N-SING] usu the N, oft N of n
The west of a place, country, or region is the part of it which is in the west.
...physicists working at Bristol University in the west of England.
3 [ADV] ADV after v
If you go west, you travel towards the west.
We are going West to California.
4 [ADV] usu ADV of n
Something that is west of a place is positioned to the west of it.
...their home town of Paisley, several miles west of Glasgow.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
The west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the west.
...a small island off the west coast of South Korea.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area.
Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months.
...his West London home.
...Charleston, West Virginia.
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
A west wind blows from the west.
8 [N-SING] the N
The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.
...relations between Iran and the West.
also West
1 [N-UNCOUNT] also the N
The west is the direction which you look towards in the evening in order to see the sun set.
I pushed on towards Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west...
The sun crosses the sky from east to west.
2 [N-SING] usu the N, oft N of n
The west of a place, country, or region is the part of it which is in the west.
...physicists working at Bristol University in the west of England.
3 [ADV] ADV after v
If you go west, you travel towards the west.
We are going West to California.
4 [ADV] usu ADV of n
Something that is west of a place is positioned to the west of it.
...their home town of Paisley, several miles west of Glasgow.
5 [ADJ] ADJ n
The west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the west.
...a small island off the west coast of South Korea.
6 [ADJ] ADJ n
West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area.
Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months.
...his West London home.
...Charleston, West Virginia.
7 [ADJ] ADJ n
A west wind blows from the west.
8 [N-SING] the N
The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.
...relations between Iran and the West.