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Definition of west adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

west

adjective
 
 
/west/
 
/west/
[only before noun]
(abbreviation W)
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  1.  
     in or towards the west
    • West Africa
    • the west coast of Scotland
    • on the west side of the building
    • Australia's west coast
    • the museum's west wing
    see also east-westTopics Weathera1, Geographya1
  2. a west wind blows from the west
    • prevailing west winds
    compare westerly
    3. Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper ‘evening’.
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