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Definition west
Etymology
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-Germanic *westr?. Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian W��ste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper.
Noun
west (uncountable)
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270�, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
Adjective
west
- Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
- (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
- Of or pertaining to the west; western.
- From the West; occidental.
- (ecclesiastial) Designating, or situated in, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the east, or the part containing the chancel and choir.
Adverb
west (not comparable)
- Towards the west; westwards.
Verb
west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)
- To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
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