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west | American Dictionary

west
noun[ U ]
us/west/(abbreviationW.)
the direction where the sun goes down in the evening that is opposite east, or the part of an area or country which is in this direction:
The points of the compass are north, south, east, and west.
The sun sets in the west.
west
adjective, adverb[ not gradable ]
us/west/(abbreviationW.)
lying toward, coming from, or being at the west part:
the west coast
The town is west of here.

the West

idiom
the part of the US west of the Mississippi River:
The museum grounds contain an Indian tepee and a large, heavy wagon used by early 19th-century settlers of the West.
 the West
North America and the countries in the western part of Europe are also referred to as the West:
The West must make a commitment to Africa to help find solutions to the continent's problems.

Examples of west

west
The study area is surrounded by large expanses (>200 km) of mainly continuous forest to the west, north and east.
Soldattorpet on the west coast provides a comparable vertical stratigraphy for the same period.
As we move from east to west through this area, a change is visible in the landscape.
There was little natural differentiation on the west coast, and one place was as good as another for the establishment of a trading place.
The east has a longer history of settlement and is more urbanized than the west, which is somewhat of a frontier zone.
From there they began gradually to move west sometime in the late eighteenth century.
In the lateral areas to the east and west deformation is accommodated by strike-slip shear zones.
This work is largely unfamiliar in the west.
The severity of famine gradually increased in the east which slowly proceeded from west through the decades.
Four additional concentrations are lined up in a row along the west side of the platform.
Rivers meander across this lowland from the west to the east.
Despite this, historians continue to attribute the emergence of new forms of governance to a clash of cultures between east and west.
This local rotation causes water columns to the east and west to move southward and northward, respectively.
Adjacent to active border faults to the east and west, sheet- and debris flow-dominated alluvial boulder conglomerates accumulated.
As one moves west, however, the natural ground surface decreases in elevation due to natural drainage patterns.
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Collocations withwest

west

These are words often used in combination with west.

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due west
The other subterranean conduit runs parallel to, and approximately 200 m duewest of, the one just described.
west facade
The meaning of the westfacade is private and hidden.
west flank
This work located a vaulted structure buried intact under the westflank of the later massive temple construction.
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