west
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west/west/
▶noun (usu. the west)
- 1 the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north.
- 2 the west of a country, region, or town.
■ (the West) Europe and North America seen in contrast to other civilizations.
■ (the West) historical the non-Communist states of Europe and North America.
- 1 lying towards, near, or facing the west.
- 2 (of a wind) blowing from the west.
– phrases
go west Brit. informal be killed or lost.
go west Brit. informal be killed or lost.
– derivatives
westbound adjective & adverb.
westbound adjective & adverb.
– origin OE, of Gmc origin.
'west' also found in these Oxford entries:
accra
- ackee
- afrormosia
- alhaji
- amplitude
- angwantibo
- Antiguan
- Aran
- Austronesian
- balafon
- Bambara
- Barbudan
- Bengali
- Beninese
- butterfly fish
- Calabar bean
- calabaza
- calypso
- Cameroonian
- Canaanite
- candlefish
- cannibal
- cardinal point
- Caribbean
- chimpanzee
- Chinook Jargon
- Coventry
- Creole
- crop-over
- Darjeeling
- dashiki
- Date Line
- Dayak
- Dene
- Diana monkey
- direct
- drill
- Dutch
- eddo
- elephant seal
- Equatorial Guinean
- Ewe
- filibuster
- föhn
- forastero
- Franconian
- fufu
- Fula
- Fulani
- Gabonese
