WEST
\wˈɛst], \wˈɛst], \w_ˈɛ_s_t]\
Definitions of WEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
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the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
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to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"
By Princeton University
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English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
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the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
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to, toward, or in the west; "we moved west to Arizona"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.
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A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
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The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.
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Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
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To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
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To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
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The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.
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Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
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To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
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To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
By Noah Webster.
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One of the four points of the compass, exactly opposite the east; the point where the sun appears to set; a region lying in the direction of the sunset: the west, the Western Hemisphere; the part of the United States between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean.
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Pertaining to, situated in, proceeding toward, or coming from, the direction of the sunset; as, a west wind.
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Towards the sunset.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The quarter where the sun sets: one of the four chief points of the compass: any part of the world that relatively to another place lies in a westerly direction, as the United States with reference to England, the Western States with reference to the Atlantic sea-board, China with reference to California, etc.
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Situated toward the west.
By Daniel Lyons
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Quarter where the sun sets; countries lying toward the west.
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Situated toward the west; coming from the west.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Located at the west; facing the west.
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Coming from the west.
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That point of the compass or quarter of the heavens where the sun sets.
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In a westerly direction.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Belonging to the west-end.
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To the western region; at the westward; more westward.
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To pass to the west; to set, as the sun; to change to the west. West-end, the fashionable quarter of London.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The quarted of the heavens where the sun sets; one of the four chief points of the compass; a country or district lying in the direction of the setting sun with respect to another.
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Situated towards the part where the sun sets.
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To the western regions; more westward.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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