Definitions for West

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West west

Spelling: [west]

IPA: /wɛst/

West is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in West (estw).

Definitions for West

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:
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.
6. Benjamin, 1738–1820, U.S. painter, in England after 1763.
7. Jerome Alan ("Jerry") born 1938, U.S. basketball player, coach, and executive.
8. Mae, 1892?–1980, U.S. actress.
9. Nathanael (Nathan Wallenstein Weinstein) 1902?–40, U.S. novelist.
10. Paul, born 1930, U.S. poet, essayist, and novelist, born in England.
11. Dame Rebecca (Cicily Isabel Fairfield Andrews) 1892–1983, English novelist, journalist, and critic, born in Ireland.

Idioms

1. go west, Informal. to die.

adverb

1. to, toward, or in the west:
2. from the west:

adjective

1. directed or proceeding toward the west.
2. coming from the west:
3. lying toward or situated in the west.
4. Ecclesiastical. designating, lying toward, or in that part of a church opposite to and farthest from the altar.

Origin of West

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Dutch, German west, Old Norse vestr; compare French ouest, Old French Old English

Examples for West

If the west stopped producin' men fur you, you'd be as bad off as if it stopped producin' food.

A gifted marketer, he sent samples of the hat to merchandisers all over the west, asking for a minimum order of a dozen.

There is, however, a separate wing of AQAP designed to inspire their followers to conduct attacks against the west.

With Ebola still raging in west Africa, the race to find a vaccine is heating up.

The west and the East were met in conflict,—the old and the new, the stale and the fresh.

I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a west Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

He said, 'We make precedents in the west when we can't find one to suit us.'

The ball of red fire in the west was half below the rim of the distant peak.

Mr. Bines is my husband, Mtterchen, and we're leaving for the west in the morning.

The need for an Ebola vaccine in west Africa has never been greater.