west

Meaning

Noun

1. The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
2. The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
3. In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
2. (not-comparable) Of wind: from the west.
3. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the west; western.
4. (not-comparable) From the West; occidental.
5. (not-comparable) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical west, that part of a church which is opposite to, and farthest from, the part containing the chancel.

Adv

Towards the west; westwards.

Verb

To move to the west; (of the sun) to set.

Synonyms

western

westward

westerly

West

sunset

westwards

occidental

east

west wind

occident

north

south

due west

W

northwest

Hesperian

Occident

western part

Western countries

people down west

above

people out west

down here

downhill

eclipse

inland

north-east

set

setting

southeast

south-west

square

sundown

under

universe

wind

Translations

ouest

Westen

oeste

ovest

westen

δύση

oeste

occidente

occidente

occident

oest

batı

occidens

ponente

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wɛst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: west

Inherited from Old English: west

Cognate with Scots: wast

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Wääste

Cognate with Western Frisian: west

Cognate with Dutch: west

Cognate with German: West

Cognate with Danish: vest

Cognate with Old French: west

Cognate with French: ouest

Cognate with Spanish: oeste

Cognate with Portuguese: oeste

Cognate with Catalan: oest

Cognate with Galician: oeste

Cognate with Italian: ovest

Cognate with Latin: vesper

In summary

PIE word
*wek(ʷ)speros
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-West Germanic *westr (“western”), from Proto-Germanic *westrą (“west”), from Proto-Germanic *westraz (“west”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek(ʷ)speros (“evening”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots wast (“west”), North Frisian waast, weest, wäst (“west”), Saterland Frisian Wääste (“west”), West Frisian, Dutch west (“west”), German West (“west”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk vest (“west”), Faroese, Icelandic vestur (“west”), Swedish väst, väster (“west”); also with Irish feascar, feasgar (“evening; vespers”), Cornish gorthugher (“evening”), Manx fastyr (“afternoon, evening; vespers”), Scottish Gaelic feasgar (“afternoon, evening”), Latin vesper (“evening”), Ancient Greek ἕσπερος (hésperos, “evening; western”), Latvian vakars (“evening”), Lithuanian vakaras (“evening”), Czech, Slovak and Slovene večer (“evening”), Kashubian wieczór (“evening”), Polish wieczerz, wieczór (“evening”), Russian вечер (večer, “evening”), Serbo-Croatian вече, вечер, veče, večer (“evening”), Armenian գիշեր (gišer, “night”). Compare also Catalan oest (“west”), French ouest (“west”), Galician oeste, ueste (“west”), Italian ovest (“west”), Portuguese, Spanish oeste (“west”) (all ultimately borrowings of the Old English word).

Sentences

The village is also west of Manchester Airport .

Takauji and his brother were forced to retreat to the west .

The Workers Indoor Arena is located to the west of the stadium .

It is located to the west of Yalta .

The Shade River flows predominantly as three streams , its east , middle , and west branches .

Buchanan grew up in the Victorian town of Colac, west of Melbourne .