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say it: west
west is a noun, adjective and adverb meaning "the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America". It carries 10 recorded senses.
the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point
British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)
United States film actress (1892-1980)
English painter (born in America) who became the second president of the Royal Academy (1738-1820)
a location in the western part of a country, region, or city
to, toward, or in the west
“we moved west to Arizona”
“situated west of Boston”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for west come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.