west

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[edit] English

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Old English west.

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west (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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west

  1. Situated or lying in or toward the west; westward.
  2. (meteorology) Of wind: from the west.
  3. Of or pertaining to the west; western.
  4. From the West; occidental.

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west (comparative more west, superlative most west)

  1. Towards the west; westwards.

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Germanic, perhaps Old English west.

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west

  1. west

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west (not comparable)

  1. (only in compounds) west
  2. westwards

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noordwest noord noordoost
west Compass rose simple plain.svg oost
zuidwest zuid zuidoost

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west m. inv.

  1. West (historic area of America)

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west f.

  1. act of tiring or getting tired

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[edit] Old English

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Proto-Germanic *westan, whence also Old High German west, Old Norse vestr

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west

  1. west
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