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West

noun

The countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America. Synonym: Occident.

The cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees. Synonyms: due west, W, westward.

The region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River. Synonym: western United States.

The direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point.

British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983). Synonyms: Cicily Isabel Fairfield, Dame Rebecca West, Rebecca West.

United States film actress (1892-1980). Synonym: Mae West.

English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820). Synonym: Benjamin West.

A location in the western part of a country, region, or city.

adjective

Situated in or facing or moving toward the west.

adverb

To, toward, or in the west. "Situated west of Boston"

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"West" Quotes from Famous Books

... his distant relative, Sir Reginald," said the lieutenant; "and the messenger who was sent to request his attendance, fortunately learned from a post-boy, that the Hertfordshire baronet, in common with many other gentlemen, is travelling in the west, just at this moment; and that he slept last night, at a house only twenty miles distant. The express reached him several hours since, and an answer has been received, informing us that we may expect to see him, in an hour ...

— The Two Admirals • J. Fenimore Cooper

... self agrandisement at any cost, even at the cost of our National existence— entered with zeal upon the work of disseminating the doctrines, and extending the organization throughout the North and West. ...

— The Great North-Western Conspiracy In All Its Startling Details • I. Windslow Ayer

... generous minded Nicuesa left Ojeda, he sailed to the west to encounter perils still greater than his rival endured. His squadron arrived safely on the coast of Veragua. He there embarked himself in a small caravel belonging to it, that he might the better ...

— The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 • Various

... up the Army, had told him flatly that he would rather die than spend his life sitting in a beastly office. Nicky had put it to him that timber meant trees, and trees meant forests; why, lots of the stuff they imported came from the Himalaya and the West Indies and Ceylon. He had reminded him that he was always saying a timber merchant couldn't know enough about the living tree. Why shouldn't he go into the places where the living trees grew and learn all ...

— The Tree of Heaven • May Sinclair

... and despair the long day brings; Patient till evening men watch the sun go west; Deferred, expected night at last brings sleep and rest: Sufficient for the day are the ...

— The Poems And Prose Of Ernest Dowson • Ernest Dowson et al

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