Definition of West

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Definition of West

West

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.

The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.

A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.

The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.

Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.

Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.

Westward.

To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.

To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.

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West Quotations

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.
Buddha

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, "Too much of a good thing can be wonderful".
Warren Buffett

I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.
Mohandas Gandhi

Well, Art is Art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water. And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now you tell me what you know.
Groucho Marx

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.
Rudyard Kipling

And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West.
Dave Barry

I recommend that the Statue of Liberty be supplemented by a Statue of Responsibility on the west coast.
Viktor E. Frankl

So, this war is against the Islam that the West does not control.
Louis Farrakhan

Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.
Robert Mugabe

West Translations

West in Danish is vest
west in Danish is vest
west in Dutch is west
West in Dutch is west, westen
west in Dutch is westen
West in French is ouest
west in French is couchant, ouest
west in German is Westen
west in Italian is ovest
West in Italian is ovest
west in Norwegian is vest, vest
West in Portuguese is oeste
west in Portuguese is oeste, ocidental
west in Spanish is poniente, oeste
West in Spanish is oeste

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