Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - west

see west WEST also West Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The west is the direction which you look towards in the evening in order to see the sun set. I pushed on towards Flagstaff, a hundred miles to the west... The sun crosses the sky from east to west. N-UNCOUNT: also the N 2. The west of a place, country, or region is the part of it which is in the west. ...physicists working at Bristol University in the west of England. N-SING: usu the N, oft N of n 3. If you go west, you travel towards the west. We are going West to California. ADV: ADV after v 4. Something that is west of a place is positioned to the west of it. ...their home town of Paisley, several miles west of Glasgow. ADV: usu ADV of n 5. The west part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the west. ...a small island off the west coast of South Korea. ADJ: ADJ n 6. West is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the west of a larger area. Mark has been working in West Africa for about six months. ...his West London home. ...Charleston, West Virginia. ADJ: ADJ n 7. A west wind blows from the west. ADJ: ADJ n 8. The West is used to refer to the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe. ...relations between Iran and the West. N-SING: the N