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west
English
Etymology
From Middle English west, from Old English west, from Proto-Germanic *westr?. Cognate with Scots wast, Saterland Frisian Wääste, West Frisian west, Dutch west, German West, Danish vest. Cognate also with Old French west, French ouest, Spanish oeste, Catalan oest, Galician oeste, Italian ovest (all ultimately borrowings of the English word). Compare also Latin vesper.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?st, IPA(key): /w?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
west (uncountable)
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
Derived terms
Translations
- Also see Appendix:Cardinal directions for translations of all compass points
Adjective
west
- Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
- (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
- Of or pertaining to the west; western.
- From the West; occidental.
- (ecclesiastial) 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.
Translations
Adverb
west (not comparable)
- Towards the west; westwards.
Translations
Verb
west (third-person singular simple present wests, present participle westing, simple past and past participle wested)
- To move to the west; (of the sun) to set. [from 15th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.prologue:
- Foure times his place he shifted hath in sight, / And twice has risen, where he now doth West, / And wested twice, where he ought rise aright.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.prologue:
Anagrams
- Stew, Tews, ewts, stew, tews, wets
Cornish
Etymology
From English west.
Noun
west m
- west
Synonyms
- gorlewin
- howlsedhes
Antonyms
- howldrehevel
- howldrevel
Derived terms
- north-west (“north-west”)
- soth-west (“south-west”)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch west, from Old Dutch west, from Proto-Germanic *westr?. Compare German West, English and West Frisian west, Danish vest.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??st/
- Hyphenation: west
- Rhymes: -?st
Adverb
west
- (only in compounds) west
- westwards
Synonyms
- westwaarts
Antonyms
- oost
Derived terms
- westen
- westelijk
Descendants
- Afrikaans: wes
- ? Papiamentu: wèst
Coordinate terms
- (compass points)
Italian
Noun
west m (invariable)
- West (historic area of America)
Low German
Verb
west
- past participle of wesen
Middle English
Alternative forms
- weste, wæst, weeste
Etymology
From Old English west, in turn from Proto-Germanic *westr?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /w?st/, /?w??st(?)/
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
west
- west (compass point)
- A location to the south; the south
- The west wind
Coordinate terms
- (compass point): north, east, south
Derived terms
- Westmestre
Related terms
- westerne
- westward
Descendants
- English: west
- Scots: wast
References
- “west, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adjective
west
- west, western
- At the west
Descendants
- English: west
- Scots: wast
References
- “west, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Adverb
west
- To the west, westards, westbound
- From the west, western
- In the west
Descendants
- English: west
- Scots: wast
References
- “west, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29-03-2018.
Northern Kurdish
Noun
west f
- act of tiring or getting tired
Derived terms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *westr?, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /west/
Adverb
west
- west
Descendants
- Middle English: west
- English: west
- Scots: wast
- ? Old French: west
- French: ouest
- ? Catalan: oest
- ? Galician: oeste
- ? Italian: ovest
- ? Portuguese: oeste
- ? Spanish: oeste
- French: ouest
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Old English west.
Adverb
west
- west
Descendants
- French: ouest
- ? Catalan: oest
- ? Galician: oeste
- ? Italian: ovest
- ? Portuguese: oeste
- ? Spanish: oeste
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westbound
English
Etymology
west +? bound
Adverb
westbound (not comparable)
- Towards the west; in a westerly direction.
- He was driving westbound on the George Washington Bridge.
Translations
Adjective
westbound (not comparable)
- Which is, or will be, moving towards the west.
- Westbound traffic was blocked for miles.
Translations
Anagrams
- down tubes, downtubes
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